Abstract
The EU Research Project SUSREF proposes new sustainable
concepts and technologies for the refurbishment of
building facades and external walls. As one part of the
project it was necessary to identify the volumes of needs
of refurbishment in the EU and in neighbouring areas and
to evaluate the meaning of this in terms of environmental
and economic impact and business potential. Within the
tasks of the SUSREF project was also the service life
assessment of the proposed refurbishment concepts of
building facades and external walls. A simulation
software, developed at the Technical Research Centre of
Finland, was used to assess the performance and possible
durability risks of the refurbishment concepts. The
simulation software is able to emulate the temperature
and moisture variations in a cross-section of the wall
and to apply temperature and moisture sensitive
degradation models at critical points of the structure.
The software was applied for analyses of the
refurbishment concepts in several European climates and
with various material options. In this paper some results
of the analyses are presented
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | fib Symposium Stockholm 2012 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Concrete Structures for Sustainable Community |
| Editors | Dirch H. Bager, Johan Silfwerbrand |
| Place of Publication | Stockholm |
| Pages | 411-414 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | fib 2012 Symposium Stockholm: Concrete Structures for a Sustainable Community - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 11 Jun 2012 → 14 Jun 2012 |
Conference
| Conference | fib 2012 Symposium Stockholm: Concrete Structures for a Sustainable Community |
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| Country/Territory | Sweden |
| City | Stockholm |
| Period | 11/06/12 → 14/06/12 |
Keywords
- service life assessment
- refurbishment
- concrete
- carbonation
- mould
- corrosion