Structural Studies, Repairs and Maintenance of Heritage Architecture XIV 159 doi:10.2495/STR150141 (original) (raw)

Energy models towards the retrofitting of the historic built heritage Scientific community and government institutions have acknowledged energy-retrofitting solutions for historic buildings as strategic within the EU “20-20-20” target, provided that they should be developed from the assessment of the local environment. Geographic–climatic conditions of site, historic–morphological development of settlement, typological–architectural configuration of buildings and construction–technical characteristics of components feature that environment, which shapes the domain, where expected performances of requalification products and processes might be defined. The final goal is the challenging and desirable balance among conservation of original material and formal identity, enhancement of present and potential relationships between indoor space and outdoor environment, technological improvement of construction systems. The paper is going to discuss an assessment methodology, applied to the ...