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Abstract. Many historical buildings with renders based in air lime still exist in Portugal. These old mortars have proved to be durable and reliable materials. However, new lime mortars prepared nowadays to be used in conservation practice, often present low strength in comparison with cement mortars.This paper presents a study of the viability of improving the performance of lime mortars througth the use of different nature aggregates (Tagus river siliceous sand and crushed calcareous sand) as well as different size distributions, varying the filler contents. For that purpose a set of mortars with volumetric proportion of 1:3 (lime:aggregate), using silicious sand from Tagus river or calcareous sand and including different volume percentages of aggregate replacement by filler (0% of incorporation, 5% of incorporation, 10% of incorporation), were prepared. An evaluation of the main characteristics of this set of mortars was made in terms of: i) hygric behaviour (water absorption by capillarity), and ii) mechanical resistance (flexural and compressive strength and elastic modulus). This study aims to assess the viability and possible advantages of using calcareous aggregate in lime mortars and to evaluate the possibility of improving characteristics through a better compaction obtained by the incorporation of different ratios of filler.

Abstract. The use of gypsum plaster for interior covering of walls and ceilings in the Portuguese architecture was particularly expressive in the period between the XVIII and the XX century. However, information about this important heritage is almost inexistent, which is leading to a fast loss of important patrimony.In this paper, the results of the characterization of gypsum plaster samples belonging to two buildings from the same historical period (end of the XIX century and beginning of the XX), situated in distant geographical regions of Portugal are presented and discussed.XRD, TGA-DTA, optical microscopy and SEM-EDS observations were used for the chemical and microstructural characterization. Some physical and mechanical properties, such as capillary absorption, dynamic elasticity modulus and compressive strength were also determined and a relationship between the characteristics observed in the samples and the technology associated to their use and application on site, as well as the possible existence of regional influences on all these aspects, are discussed.

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The restoration and maintenance of old renders is one of the key aspects of correct rehabilitation practice. The ideal course of action is to replace the damaged material by a material with compatible characteristics. This work aims to analyze the effect of the maturation process on hardened state characteristics of hydrated powder lime mortars. The rheological characterization shows an air lime mortar thickening behaviour with the length of the test. The different mixes were subjected to a maturation process consisting on keeping them in the fresh state, covered with water, isolated from CO2, during seven days. The specimens and applications were prepared both with the non-matured and the matured mortars. Maturation seems to influence the hardened state characteristics causing a decrease in the capillary values, and an increase on the mechanical strength, which are more evident for mortars with higher binder contents.

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External renders based on air lime are used in historical buildings as decorative and protective coats. They act as sacrificial layers, particularly exposed to climatic actions and mechanical and environmental impact. They generally present good cohesion and adhesion to the background, although often suffering some degradation as detachments, superficial cracks or

Nesta comunicação são apresentados os ensaios de velocidade de transmissão de ultra-sons realizados sobre provetes de telhas antes e após serem sujeitos a ensaios cíclicos em câmara de nevoeiro salino.Estes ensaios fazem parte de um estudo sobre durabilidade de telhas cerâmicas em ambiente marítimo, situação em que têm ocorrido casos de degradação acelerada.A análise dos resultados permitiu concluir que estes ensaios não destrutivos poderão ser adequados para avaliar a degradação provocada pelo nevoeiro salino, em complemento da inspecção visual.

In Portugal, conservation and rehabilitation interventions on monuments (churches, convents, palaces and fortresses), as well as on historical centres (dwelling buildings), have been assuming increasing relevance. To guarantee the present requirements of habitability and aesthetic appearance without descharacterization, in conservation interventions it is necessary to implement wall covering solutions compatible with the background and the preexisting materials. In this work, the application to a case study of a diagnosis methodology for the definition of the probable causes of the anomalies and for the evaluation of the state of conservation of the renders is described. The measures adopted for the repair of the anomalies are referred, through the control of the causes and minimization of their effects.

The knowledge of physical and mechanical characteristics of ancient mortars is very important to select repair mortars and to plan adequately any repair intervention. There is a need to define characterization test methods applicable to irregular, friable samples to assess those characteristics. In the present work some results of experimental characterization of Portuguese old mortars are presented and discussed. The test methods used to evaluate the water behaviour and the compressive resistance are described. A comparison with results of compressive strength obtained for new mortars, using the same method and also the methods proposed by EN standards, is used to extract conclusions about the method

The GELCLAD project intends to develop a versatile, easy to install, eco-friendly and highly performing external wall prefabricated insulation solution based in the VETURE kit concept. The insulating material of the GELCLAD kit is a nano-silica aerogel targeted to reach very low design thermal conductivity (.) values and able to be co-extruded with the kit

As intervenções de reabilitação em revestimentos exteriores de edifícios antigos, em geral com alteração de materiais e de processos construtivos originais, nem sempre têm contribuído para melhorar o seu estado de conservação, sendo mesmo frequentemente responsáveis pela aceleração de diversos mecanismos de degradação.De facto, a maioria dos mecanismos de degradação envolve a presença de água e o movimento desta no interior das alvenarias. Portanto, as argamassas de reparação, nomeadamente para edifícios antigos, devem dificultar a penetração da água até ao suporte (absorção relativamente lenta), mas principalmente devem favorecer a evaporação da água que se introduziu na parede, quer através da própria argamassa, quer por capilaridade ascendente através das fundações, ou ainda através de coberturas e remates.Com efeito, estas características estão fundamentalmente relacionadas com a estrutura porosa que comanda a capacidade para transportar, reter e expulsar a água por evaporação, influenciando também, em consequência, o comportamento aos sais e ao gelo. A microestrutura é, por sua vez, condicionada por diversos aspetos, entre os quais se destacam as características dos agregados utilizados na composição das argamassas.Na presente comunicação são estudadas três composições de argamassa com base em cal aérea, discutindo-se a influência da mineralogia de três tipos de agregados no seu comportamento hídrico, através de indicadores de absorção e de secagem, e relacionando-o com a sua estrutura porosa.

Infrared thermography (IRT) is a non-destructive testing method, which allowsthe examination or inspection of part of material or system without impairing the futureusefulness, and it is applied to

In order to fully perform their functions and be durable, mortars for renders and plasters arerequested to have a set of characteristics that can vary with the type of exposure to externalenvironmental actions and the type of substrate. Generally, they need moderate strength, highdeformability, some water protection capability, and good adhesion to the substrate.To be used in rehabilitation works, especially for application on old buildings, with structuralmasonry walls, it is of utmost importance that mortars are compatible with pre-existent materials.The presence of water and its movement inside the pore structure of the mortars are among themost significant causes of degradation. However, several authors consider that the main factorsfor durability and good performance of lime-based mortars are mostly related with the goodquality of the binder and the use of adequate aggregates with appropriate particle size distribution.Accelerated weathering tests are the easiest, quickest, and most commonly used way of studyingthe durability of a construction material exposed to given environmental conditions.This paper intends to study the effect of ageing, on the properties and durability of air limemortars, using aggregates of different lithological natures. For this purpose, different mortarscompositions are made and exposed to an accelerated weathering test under defined conditions.The obtained characteristics are discussed and finally compared with the results obtained with thesame mortars tested in laboratory conditions. The effect of the aggregate type on the durability ofmortars is highlighted and discussed. Some remarks are made about the fields of application ofthese mortars.

The GELCLAD project intends to develop a versatile, easy to install, eco-friendly and highly performing external wall prefabricated insulation solution based in the VETURE kit concept. In this work it is shown how alternative fixing solutions may influence the thermal performance of the GELCLAD panel based in three-dimensional steady-state heat transfer simulations.

The Rooftop Greenhouses (RG) are one example of Building-Integrated Agriculture, offering a new dimension to our buildings, providing locally grown food that increase urban resilience. This paper relies on the analysis of a Rooftop Greenhouse, which is planned to be installed on an existing urban market, in particular its effect in the market indoor temperature during the summer period. The analysis is based on the building simulation of the real scenario and with the RG. A measurement campaign was performed to assess the thermal behaviour of the market shops and calibrate the model. According to the simulation results, the RG causes a reduction of the number of hours of overheating and thermal discomfort in the Shops when they are occupied.

The knowledge of physical and mechanical characteristics of historic mortars is very important to select repair materials and to plan adequate repair interventions. There is a need to define characterization test methods applicable to irregular, friable samples, with relatively thin layers, in order to assess the main properties. Another relevant issue in that process is the assessment of the new mortars to use for repair, which should be compatible, efficient and durable. Due to the need of compatibility, usually repair mortars must be based on air lime and thus standardized test methods prepared for cement mortars may be inadequate.This article focuses on two non-standard methods for measuring mechanical performance to support conservation interventions of old renderings: a test method to assess the flexural strength of mortar samples with non-standard dimensions is described and its validation process is presented, and a test to determine the tensile bond strength of substitution low strength mortars to a defined substrate is presented and discussed.

With the increasing importance given to building rehabilitation comes the need to create simple, fast and non-destructive testing methods (NDT) to identify problems and for anomaly diagnosis. Ceramic tiles are one of the most typical kinds of exterior wall cladding in several countries; the earliest known examples are Egyptian dating from 4000 BC. This type of building facade coating, though being quite often used in due to its aesthetic and architectural characteristics, is one of the most complex that can be applied given the several parts from which it is composed; hence, it is also one of the most difficult to correctly diagnose with expeditious methods.The detachment of ceramic wall tiles is probably the most common and difficult to identify anomaly associated with this kind of cladding and it is also definitely the one that can compromise security the most. Thus, it is necessary to study a process of inspection more efficient and economic than the currently used which often consist in semi-destructive methods (the most common is the pull off test), that can only be used in a small part of the building at a time, allowing some assumptions of what can the rest of the cladding be like.Infrared thermography (IRT) is a NDT with a wide variety of applications in building inspection that is becoming commonly used to identify anomalies related with thermal variations in the inspected surfaces. Few authors have studied the application of IRT in anomalies associated with ceramic claddings claiming that the presence of air or water beneath the superficial layer will influence the heat transfer in a way that can be detected in both a qualitative and a quantitative way by the thermal camera, providing information about the state of the wall in a much broad area per trial than other methods commonly used nowadays.This article intends to present a review of the state of art of this NDT and its potentiality in becoming a more efficient way to diagnose anomalies in ceramic wall claddings.Introduction

The Fort of Nossa Senhora da Graça is located in a mountain at north of thetown of Elvas. It was built in the late 18th century at the order of King Joseph I of Portugaland the Marquis of Pombal. It was built by Count Lippe, and listed as a National HeritageSite in 1910 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2012 together with otherfortifications present in Elvas. As part of its nomination by UNESCO, a conservation andrestoration plan has been implemented involving a detailed characterization of materialsused in its construction. To support the restoration project, a comprehensive analyticalstudy was implemented. In this paper the main results of the characterization of a group ofthe existent mortars are presented. The mortars are, in general, in very good condition,being composed of aerial dolomitic lime with siliceous aggregates (from igneous andmetamorphic rocks). The mortars conservation and restoration works were performed withcompatible repair materials, selected according to the physical-chemical characterizationand on the evaluation of the conservation state.

Atualmente existem no mercado tintas de elevada refletância solar ("cool paints") que propõem reduzir os ganhos térmicos resultantes da incidência da radiação solar e, consequentemente, melhorar o conforto térmico e a eficiência energética dos edifícios, sobretudo em períodos de verão.No caso de estas tintas serem escuras e aplicadas sobre ETICS, as temperaturas superficiais no revestimento poderão ser muito inferiores às verificadas com a aplicação de tintas convencionais da mesma cor, facto que pode reduzir a ocorrência de anomalias no sistema de isolamento.Tendo em conta o potencial do uso das "cool paints" em ETICS, em 2013 foi iniciado um estudo para avaliar o desempenho deste tipo de tintas em condições reais de exposição, utilizando para o efeito uma célula experimental construída à escala real, no campus do LNEC, pintada com três diferentes cores (clara, intermédia e escura). O estudo permitiu concluir que a aplicação de "cool paints" pode reduzir em cerca de 10 ºC as temperaturas dos revestimentos escuros.No entanto, desde o início do estudo algumas questões pertinentes se colocaram: face às ações climatéricas a que estão sujeitas os revestimentos, manter-se-á o bom desempenho das "cool paints" ao longo do tempo? Qual o impacto das variações térmicas (e hígricas) impostas sobre o estado de conservação, o desempenho global e a durabilidade do sistema ETICS?Passados três anos apresentam-se neste artigo os resultados das observações e medições efetuadas e orientadas para a avaliação do envelhecimento natural (desempenho térmico e eventuais degradações) das diferentes cores "cool paints" aplicadas na célula experimental.O objetivo deste estudo e de outras ações em curso e a desenvolver, em laboratório e em exposição natural, é contribuir para o melhor conhecimento qualitativo e quantitativo destas soluções e promover o apoio ao desenvolvimento de novas alternativas que permitam expandir o campo de aplicação dos ETICS de forma adequada e durável.

This book provides insights regarding the involvement of teenagers in the co-creation of public open spaces. It brings together conceptual reflections and an exploratory case study in Lisbon. It is an attempt to point out the intangible benefits of engaging young people in placemaking to academics, practitioners, policymakers, students, and all parties concerned with urban development. This book aims at inspiring progressive placemaking and co-creation processes. It attempts to reframe the debate on how vulnerable members of the community access public spaces, what their needs are, and what their response would be to a more people-centred urban design. It is with respect to these points that the book Territorial capacity and inclusion: Co-creating a public space with teenagers explores and analyses the engagement of teenagers in the production of public spaces. A group who rarely have opportunities to be heard and for their views to be considered. On these particular matters, the teenagers

Personal well-being, health and productivity of building occupants depend to a large extent on available thermal and visual conditions.Thermal and visual requirements have changed across centuries. Last century, as a result of the economic growth that occurred in developed societies, the satisfaction of those requirements gained importance. In a society and period where energy was abundant and cheap, the easiest way to provide desired indoor conditions consisted in the systematic use of artificial conditioning (AC) and electric lighting. As a consequence, resulting energy consumption became significant.Actually, the growing tendency for the use of AC systems, particularly in office buildings, transports and, more recently, in residential buildings and the systematic and the permanent use of electric lighting proceed.Although this fact may derive from a change in user comfort requirements and expectations, they may also reveal design and lifestyle trends conducting to unsustainable options concerning construction, rehabilitation and everyday use of buildings.As a matter of fact, some contradictory aspects can be detect: intolerance in relation to exterior/interior climate variations, the option of non-climate-conscious building solutions and the creation of controlled indoor climates which frequently do not provide the desired well-being conditions (in working, leisure or living places) and unnecessary and excessive energy consumption...

Mortars and sustainabilityMortars are construction materials composed of three main constituents: aggregates,binders, and water. There are other constituents that can be added to improve ormodify the mortars

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The challenge of creating places that promote place attachment, a sense of belonging and community identity peaks in places of super-diversity. Super-diversity commonly generates a fragmented society due to variegated cultural backgrounds, language and weak social bonds and civic activities. An increasingly wide and plural scenario is a challenge for place attachment. In such super-diverse places, largely due to immigration, new socio-spatial patterns and identities arise, posing a particular challenge for public space design. Placemaking, as a bottom-up and people-centred process of improving the liveability of cities through collaboration and community participation, could counter these challenges. It ideally creates a virtuous cycle in which the community transforms and reshapes spaces. Community engagement and a holistic focus on a sense of place are key components of placemaking, which in turn bears a great potential for empowerment. Moreover, placemaking approaches can potentially contribute to co-creation of physical and social spaces that bring locals and immigrants to interact with each other and to connect to the environment. This co-creation and engagement in a super-diverse context can be fostered through digital and mobile technologies, such as social media. This chapter discusses some of the challenges and opportunities posed to placemaking and place design in super-diverse urban contexts. The question that arises is: How can placemaking benefit from super-diversity to create place attachment and mutual benefits for the communities? As an inspiring discussion, the chapter considers some of the challenges posed by the current redesigning process of Martim Moniz Square in Lisbon

The challenge of creating places that promote place attachment, a sense of belonging and community identity peaks in places of super-diversity. Super-diversity commonly generates a fragmented society due to variegated cultural backgrounds, language and weak social bonds and civic activities. An increasingly wide and plural scenario is a challenge for place attachment. In such super-diverse places, largely due to immigration, new socio-spatial patterns and identities arise, posing a particular challenge for public space design. Placemaking, as a bottom-up and people-centred process of improving the liveability of cities through collaboration and community participation, could counter these challenges. It ideally creates a virtuous cycle in which the community transforms and reshapes spaces. Community engagement and a holistic focus on a sense of place are key components of placemaking, which in turn bears a great potential for empowerment. Moreover, placemaking approaches can potentially contribute to co-creation of physical and social spaces that bring locals and immigrants to interact with each other and to connect to the environment. This co-creation and engagement in a super-diverse context can be fostered through digital and mobile technologies, such as social media. This chapter discusses some of the challenges and opportunities posed to placemaking and place design in super-diverse urban contexts. The question that arises is: How can placemaking benefit from super-diversity to create place attachment and mutual benefits for the communities? As an inspiring discussion, the chapter considers some of the challenges posed by the current redesigning process of Martim Moniz Square in Lisbon

The EFFICACY HANDBOOK is a comprehensive guide that addresses critical aspects of energy efficiency and sustainability in building design. It covers a broad spectrum of topics, including understanding energy demands, addressing energy poverty, making informed choices about thermal insulation materials and retrofit solutions, considering the impact of climate change, and preparing for future scenarios. It also provides strategies for effectively engaging target groups.With this publication, the multidisciplinary team of the Efficacy project intends to synthesize and provide the main results of the project, which was completed in September 2023, regarding the Energy eFFiciency buIlding and CirculAr eConomY for thermal insulation solutions. It also includes some insights from the final workshop and technical guidelines. The main topics covered in this work are the following:- Energy poverty (EP) and energy demands- Choice of thermal insulation materials and retrofit solutions- Climate change and future scenarios- Target groups engagementWe hope that this publication will be a relevant contribution to the development of criteria for thermal insulation systems and that the results and guidelines presented here will be useful for all professionals involved in the building energy efficiency and climate change.

This chapter proposes an introductory conceptual framework to better understand some aspects of everyday relations of people and spaces. From the perspective of anthropology of space, it first provides a reflection on issues that are important for understanding these relationships, to then, in a second step, address the relevance of walking as a method to trigger a sensitive path. This chapter aims to raise the interest for urban planning that is more attentive to the multidimensionality of socio-territorial relations. To explore the sensitiveness of urban space it is important to consider (a) the perspective of users in terms of symbolic dimensions, socio-spatial and cultural practices, and sense of happiness and well-being; (b) the articulation between behavioural dimensions, sociocultural dynamics and the environment; (c) the approximation of concepts and categories to understand space from the perspective of different disciplines. Keywords - Attentiveness, socio-territorial relations, walking, urban planning

Resumo: Ambiente construído é um conceito amplo e difuso; talvez essa seja uma de suas virtudes capitais. A pesquisa nessa área de fronteiras tão impre­cisas permite abordagens de temas, escalas e métodos diversificados. Neste livro, a reunião de ensaios feitos por pesquisadores de diferentes países sobre variados tópicos, com apropriações metodológicas tão diversas, reafirma o caráter múltiplo desse campo. Nesta ótica, destaca-se o papel de uma observação sistemática e minuciosa das complexas interações que resultam da relação entre os múltiplos e diversificados usos dos espaços públicos urbanos, as apropriações, contra apropriações, representações do espaço e respectivas tem­poralidades envolvidas, considerando a sua ligação com propostas arquitetônico-urbanísticas de desenho e intervenção. Este livro é o registro de um momento do campo, mas também representa a possibilidade de novas incursões que podem alargar suas fronteiras. Abstract: Built environment is a broad and diffuse concept; perhaps this is one of its capital virtues. Research in this area of such inaccurate bound­aries allows approaches from diverse themes, scales and methods. In this book, the gathering of essays by researchers from different countries on various topics, with such diverse methodological ap­propriations, reaffirms the multiple character of this field. In this perspective, it highlights the role of a systematic and thorough observation of the complex interactions that result from the relationship between the multiple and diverse uses of urban public spaces, appropriations, against appropriations, representations of space and respective temporalities involved, considering their connection with architectural-urbanistic proposals of design and intervention. This book registers a specific moment in the field but it also rep­resents the possibility of further inroads that may broaden its borders.

As praças de uma cidade são espaços públicos consagrados historicamente à vida coletiva. Nesta publicação estão reunidos artigos que têm algumas importantes praças da área central da cidade do Rio de Janeiro como tema de estudo. As praças são analisadas a partir de suas dimensões material e simbólica, como produtos de ações que perpassam vários projetos para o espaço público. São destacadas as praças XV de novembro; Tiradentes; Mauá e Onze -esta última, já não mais existente fisicamente. As praças, portanto, se afirmam como estruturas espaciais de destaque no ambiente construído e como lugar para a representação da memória em tempos de constantes transformações. - The city's squares are public spaces historically dedicated to collective life. This publication brings together articles that have some important squares in the central area of the city of Rio de Janeiro as their subject of study. The squares are analyzed from their material and symbolic dimensions, as products of actions that permeate various projects for public space. There are highlighted the squares XV de Novembro; Tiradentes, Mauá and Onze - the latter, no longer physically existing. The squares, therefore, assert themselves as prominent spatial structures in the built environment and as a place for the representation of memory in times of constant transformation

A partir de uma incursão teórica sobre a noção de memória social, investiga-se como esta tem sido um recurso para incrementar a conexão das pessoas com os rios urbanos. A reflexão realiza-se no âmbito do estudo de caso presentemente em curso em Lisboa e que se dedica à investigação do contributo da memória no resgate da paisagem fluvial para o imaginário social e urbano contemporâneo. Para o efeito, aqui parte-se da relação da memória com os espaços materiais, naturais e mentais das sociedades humanas ligados à recordação de experiências passadas. Neste sentido, explora-se o seu contributo para recuperar os cursos de água para o imaginário social e urbano contemporâneo. Analisa-se como a memória tem sido discutida relativamente aos rios urbanos e que, em decorrência da iminência de riscos e de situações de catástrofes associadas ao sistema fluvial urbano, se tem destacado como recurso para a criação de dinâmicas de adaptação e resiliência. Seguidamente, analisam-se iniciativas que, fazendo recurso à memória ligada aos rios, contribuem para sensibilizar e influenciar a conexão das pessoas com os cursos de água em meio urbano, ainda que isto possa ser sugestivamente. Palavras-chave - Memória social, paisagem fluvial, imaginário social e urbano

O livro RIOS URBANOS NA IBERO-AMÉRICA - CASOS, CONTEXTOS E EXPERIÊNCIAS apresenta o primeiro conjunto de reflexões produzidos no âmbito da rede temática Ibero-americana RUN

Coimbra apresenta um elevado valor arquitetónico demonstrado pelos 36 imóveis, conjuntos ou sítios (22 monumentos nacionais e 14 imóveis de interesse público) actualmente classificados (DGPC, 2015) sendo a maioria deles localizados no Centro Histórico de Coimbra (CHC) e zona alta da cidade.No âmbito do projecto POCI/HEC/60371/2004

A relação entre património material (arquitetónico) e imaterial (como saber técnico-tradicional)orientou um estudo sobre técnicas e materiais tradicionais de revestimentos históricos exteriorescom base em cal, realizado para o Projeto «Conservação e durabilidade de revestimentoshistóricos: compatibilidade, técnicas e materiais

Indoor walls and ceilings are often coated with plasters. Due to the large surface in contact with indoor air, the plasters can passively contribute to moisture regulation and pollutant removal. The work presented intends to better understand this contribution, while enhancing, when possible, the plasters formulations for the purpose. The first step was to analyze the hygroscopic response of traditional and modern binder-based plasters. To do so, a first study was run to quantify the relative humidity fluctuations indoor. Then, the methods fitting the most the real indoor microclimates were selected for testing. The campaign was run along with bibliographic research, to match laboratory results with those ones present in literature. The compatibility with the preexisting materials and products and the eco-efficiency of the plasters are two parameters that were kept in mind during the work. According to that, clay and gypsum based plastering mortars were selected as the most promising materials. Both, in fact, are present in traditional architecture, besides being suitable solutions for new construction, and have low embodied energy. However, while the clay-based plasters showed a high hygroscopic behavior, the gypsum-based ones showed a lower one. For this reason, the latter was modified through the addition of biomass and the clay-based plasters were kept as a benchmark along the study. The plant selected for the scope is Acacia dealbata, an invasive species that plays a role in the spread of wood fires in Portugal. The biowaste addition was aimed at enhancing the moisture buffering of gypsum-based plasters without jeopardizing other properties or their carbon footprint. Good results were obtained, increasing the moisture buffering ability of the gypsum plaster up to double, even if still lower than the clay-based ones. The ozone reactivity and primary and secondary emission rates (VOCs) of the innovative gypsum-based plaster and the clay-based ones were also analyzed. The ozone removal ability of the gypsum-based plaster was improved by the biomass addition, the primary emissions increased a little, but the secondary ones were very low. Clay-based plasters overall confirmed their low emissions and ozone removal activity.

Exposure to weathering conditions requires selecting and applying solutions with appropriate durability to preserve façades without the need for frequent extensive rehabilitation actions. The consequent heat gain from solar radiation exposure accelerates the degradation of the most exposed façade layer, reducing their service life. An attractive solution to mitigate this overheating is the incorporation of functional nanomaterials in the façades finishing coatings, which reflect a part of the solar radiation in the near-infrared region. This solution may have an even higher influence on dark-coloured coatings, whose use has been increasing by architects and final consumers. To design more energy-efficient buildings, applying thermal insulation systems, such as External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS), is necessary. These systems experience significant surface temperature fluctuations (amplified by the dark colour application), causing dimensional variations and naturally leading to cracking.Therefore, this Doctoral Thesis proposes a strategy combining these two façade solutions: dark-coloured finishing coatings applied on ETICS, aiming to improve solar reflectance and reduce the surface temperature. The study focused on developing new dark-coloured formulations with reflective nanomaterials, without excessively changing the visual aesthetics. A systematic study of their intrinsic properties was performed to understand and predict the nanomaterials' behaviour and ability to reflect or absorb. Subsequently, a commercial TiO2 Rutile and a newly developed nanocomposite, combining two nanomaterials, were included in a dark-coloured commercial finishing coating for ETICS and the surface properties were evaluated. The thermo-optical properties revealed an overall total reflectance increase for the two samples (15% and 20%) compared to only 12% of the non-modified finishing coating, providing a similar visual aesthetic. The reflectance improvement observed with the incorporation of nanomaterials certainly impacted the surface temperature, as the modified finishing coatings showed better performance and durability, as evidenced in the accelerated ageing test as thermal oscillations responsible for fractures are reduced.From these results, this strategy could emerge as a promising solution for low-cost dark reflective coatings that can be easily applied on building façades

The importance of the selection of the type of aggregates and their effects on the modification of mortar properties is widely recognized. However, despite recent scientific advances on the effect of aggregates on the properties of mortars and concretes, few studies show how the characteristics of aggregates affect the microstructure and consequently, the final quality of mortars. Moreover, in general, existing studies show that there is an approach mostly related to the use of Portland cement, which several researchers have already shown that have adverse effects, when it is used in rehabilitation works of ancient buildings.In the context of rehabilitation, this factor is particularly relevant, since the main objective is to obtain mortarswith specific characteristics and performances compatible with those that exist in old masonry. The aggregate, as an integral part of mortars, and in some cases defined as their "skeleton", has a direct influence on themicrostructure of mortars, which, in turn, influences the physical, chemical and mechanical properties, as well as the finishing and the final appearance of the renders, especially in the case of lime mortars.Therefore, the present study intends to contribute to a better knowledge of the influence of mineralogical andphysical characteristics (grain size distribution and shape) of the natural aggregates on the mortars

No âmbito da revisão do regime de arrendamento urbano (NRAU), foi desenvolvido no Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil (LNEC) o Método de Avaliação do Estado de Conservação de imóveis (MAEC). Este método permite determinar, de forma expedita, o estado de conservação de edifícios para efeitos de atualização de rendas, mediante a realização de inspeções visuais ao local, efetuadas por técnicos qualificados.O MAEC está em vigor desde novembro de 2006, tendo sido realizadas mais de 30 000 vistorias durante os primeiros quatro anos de implementação. Em junho de 2010, cerca de 2400 técnicos avaliadores estavam inscritos para realizar vistorias com o MAEC.Considerou se assim oportuno realizar um estudo que analisa a experiência obtida com a aplicação do MAEC. Para o efeito, foram analisados os resultados das vistorias realizadas com o MAEC entre janeiro de 2007 e maio de 2010 e a opinião que os principais intervenientes têm sobre o MAEC (i.e., técnicos avaliadores e técnicos das Comissões Arbitrais Municipais). Como complemento, foi realizado um estudo comparativo do MAEC com 16 outros métodos que avaliam o estado de conservação de imóveis (7 portugueses e 9 estrangeiros).Com base nos resultados destas análises, foram avançadas propostas de aperfeiçoamento do MAEC de dois tipos: (i) propostas para simplificar a aplicação da atual metodologia de avaliação e aumentar o nível de informação recolhida e de rigor dos resultados; e (ii) propostas para que a metodologia de avaliação do MAEC permita obter resultados complementares para além daqueles para os quais foi originalmente concebido mas que a experiência de aplicação tem vindo a provar necessários.Como conclusão geral, verifica se que o MAEC cumpre os objetivos principais para os quais foi concebido. Porém, é possível introduzir alguns aperfeiçoamentos que contribuirão quer para a simplificação quer para o aumento do rigor da aplicação do método.

As telhas cerâmicas são muito utilizadas há séculos no revestimento decoberturas inclinadas em Portugal e em muitos outros países. Alguns casos dedegradação acelerada têm vindo a afectar a durabilidade das telhas.Para avaliar o desempenho de telhas cerâmicas em ambiente marítimo foidesenvolvido um estudo experimental baseado em ensaios de envelhecimentoartificial acelerado.Este estudo compreende a caracterização de diversos tipos de telhascerâmicas, o desenvolvimento e realização de ensaios de envelhecimentoacelerado realizados em câmara de nevoeiro salino, a avaliação dadegradação provocada pelos ensaios acelerados e a comparação com adegradação sofrida por telhas em exposição natural.O estudo pretende reproduzir em laboratório os mecanismos de degradaçãoobservados em condições reais e identificar as características mais afectadas,procurando relações significativas entre grandezas relevantes medidas nosmateriais antes e depois da acção dos agentes externos.Pretende-se também, com base na análise comparativa dos resultados dosensaios de envelhecimento sobre diferentes tipos de telhas, identificarparâmetros de composição e de fabrico que contribuem para a degradação efornecer assim à indústria dados relevantes para melhorar a durabilidade dastelhas.

O presente trabalho reporta-se ao tema geral da conservação e restauro de revestimentosexteriores de edifícios antigos, destacando-se como tema específico as questões dodesenvolvimento de uma metodologia de estudo e reparação.Com este estudo foi possível um maior entendimento do comportamento dos revestimentosexteriores de edifícios antigos com base em cal, bem como estabelecer um maior rigor naaplicação de metodologias de conservação e restauro, tendo como objectivo principal a definiçãode uma metodologia de restauro conservativa para a salvaguarda das técnicas, da funcionalidadee do aspecto estético original da fachada exterior de edifícios antigos.Os principais contributos deste estudo foram: (i) estabelecer métodos de análises in situ dorevestimento, para conhecimento da sua técnica, da sua história e do seu estado de conservação;(ii) estabelecer métodos de análise das anomalias do revestimento, onde é possível quantificar ograu de deterioração; (iii) escolher a técnica e o produto consolidante adequado para o tratamentodas anomalias; (iv) especificar as distintas técnicas de restauro e definir os diversos produtosconsolidantes existentes para os revestimentos; (v) aplicar materiais tão compatíveis quantopossível com o revestimento, predominantemente compostos por ligantes minerais, dando-sepreferência aos materiais tradicionais, de modo a verificar a sua eficiência através de ensaioslaboratoriais (vi) estabelecer critérios de aplicação para cada produto ensaiado em função daanomalia observada nos revestimentos; (vi) definir uma estratégia de intervenção geral para cadatipo de revestimento e de anomalia.Enfim, o estudo permitiu estabelecer uma metodologia geral de restauro de revestimentos,desenvolvendo todo um conjunto de técnicas de ensaio, critérios de selecção de produtos e deavaliação de resultados, no sentido da melhor preservação do Património Histórico e do melhorcontrolo do processo de restauro.

A termografia é um método de análise que permite obter uma imagem da distribuiçãoaproximada da temperatura de um objecto, sem contacto físico com este.No domínio dos edifícios as utilizações mais habituais da análise termográfica visama avaliação da qualidade térmica da envolvente e a detecção de pontos de exfiltração ou deinfiltração de ar através dessa envolvente.A presença de humidade, sob a forma de vapor ou de água líquida, é a causa dediversas anomalias e degradações ocorridas nos elementos de construção.A detecção da humidade nos elementos de construção é realizada por métodos querdestrutivos quer não

Após cerca de vinte anos de esforços e de tentativas goradas foram publicadas em 2002 asnormas europeias de ensaio e de classificação de reacção ao fogo dos produtos deconstrução. Neste texto, após uma breve apontamento sobre os antecedentes da novaclassificação, apresentam-se os cinco métodos de ensaio adoptados e os critérios gerais dosistema europeu dessa classificação.Abordam-se, ainda, os aspectos práticos relacionados com a implementação deste sistema,dando-se especial ênfase à possibilidade e limitações da

No presente trabalho apresenta-se um estudo de caracterização térmica, por via analítica , de paredes de alvenaria de utilização corrente em Portugal.Com base no apuramento das características de alguns dos elementos de produção nacional para execução de paredes de alvenaria, definem-se os tipos de paredes que os integram,estabelecem-se para essas paredes uma classificação e uma numeração de referência,e calculam-se, compilam-se e analisam-se em termos comparativos as respectivos característicastérmicas.Em anexos, incluem-se: um exemplo de cálculo das características duma parede(ANEXO I); quadros dessas características para cada tipo de parede (ANEXO II}; e quadrosde síntese das referidas características (ANEXO III).

No presente trabalho apresenta-se um estudo de caracterização térmica, por via an~lítica, dos pavimentos prefabricados aligeirados de produção nacional.Com base no apuramento das características dos pavimentos comercializados com homologação válida em 1980, data do início deste estudo, seleccionaram-se gamas de pavimentosrepresentativas daquela produção, estabeleceu-se uma classificação e uma numeraçãode referência desses pavimentos, e calcularam-se, compilaram-se e analisaram-se em termoscomparativos as respectivas características térm icas.Em anexos, incluem-se: a relação das empresas produtoras dos pavimentos consider~dos no apuramento (Anexo I); um exemplo de cálculo das características de pavimentos(Anexo II); quadros dessas características para cada tipo de pavimento (Anexo III); quadros-síntese das referidas características (Anexo IV) e quadro de registo dos respectivos valoresextremos (Anexo V).

Na presente publicação que se destina a apoiar a realização de estudos no âmbito dodesempenho térmico dos edifícios e a aplicação do Regulamento das Características deComportamento Térmico dos Edifícios (RCCTE), apresentam-se, sob forma tabular, valoresconvencionais de cálculo, por um lado, de condutibilidades térmicas de materiais e deresistências térmicas superficiais, de espaços de ar não-ventilados e de alguns elementosopacos de construção (Anexo I) e, por outro lado, dos coeficientes de transmissão térmicade soluções correntes das envolventes opaca (Anexo II) e envidraçada (Anexo III) dosedifícios.Os vinte e dois quadros do Anexo II correspondentes aos elementos opacos da envolvente

A presente publicação destina-se a apoiar a realização de estudos no âmbito quer daaplicação do Sistema de Certificação Energética (SCE) de edifícios quer das intervençõesde reabilitação térmica dos edifícios existentes, eventualmente visando a verificação documprimento do Regulamento das Características de Comportamento Térmico dos Edifícios(RCCTE).Neste trabalho apresentam-se fichas sumárias descritivas e identificadoras das soluçõescaracterizadas e dos respectivos elementos constituintes, bem como os valoresconvencionais de cálculo das resistências térmicas e dos coeficientes de transmissãotérmica de soluções correntes da envolvente opaca dos edifícios construídos, em geral,antes dos anos 50 do século passado. Apresentam-se ainda alguns elementos decaracterização de soluções adoptadas nas Regiões Autónomas dos Açores e da Madeira.Deste modo a presente publicação visa complementar a Informação Técnica Edifícios (ITE)do LNEC denominada Coeficientes de transmissão térmica de elementos da envolventedos edifícios. Versão actualizada 2006 (ITE 50).Os valores convencionais apresentados (Anexo I) foram calculados a partir da definição desoluções típicas adoptadas na construção de edifícios em Portugal e nas RegiõesAutónomas, tendo como base valores convencionais das características relevantes(condutibilidades térmicas dos materiais, resistências térmicas superficiais e de espaços dear) constantes na ITE 50, e a informação prestada por técnicos dos Laboratórios Regionaisde Engenharia Civil (LREC) dos Açores e da Madeira.Em complemento aos parâmetros de caracterização térmica referidos, para cada uma dassoluções apresentadas indicam-se, ainda, valores convencionais das respectivas massassuperficiais, com o objectivo de apoiar a determinação da massa superficial útil (Msi)necessária à quantificação

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Values are at the core of any heritage project. While heritage value-thinking usually focuses on site values, it is crucial to pay attention to priorities, assumptions and values of the relevant stakeholders, and make sure they are aligned. Shared values represent a solid foundation for any project and also become the lighthouse that guides decision-making and actions at every stage. You should work collaboratively with stakeholders in order to: detect implicit assumptions detect collective needs collect future visions mapping levels and nature of commitments define the values of the project together with the relevant stakeholders.

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Local memory can be an important source of information about the historic site from the perspective of UBH valorisation. Local memory can include oral histories, photographs, and other documents that provide insight into the site