Assessing historical church tower asymmetry using point cloud spatial expansion

Church towers are key cultural heritage. In theory, towers are vertical, while facade elements are symmetrically positioned around the tower axis. However, during service of a structure, building and lifetime conditions cause deviations, with associated risks. Laser scanning point clouds can be used to assess the structural state but a...

Ontology-based semantic conceptualisation of historical built heritage to generate parametric structured models from point clouds

Nowadays, cultural and historical built heritage can be more effectively preserved, val-orised and documented using advanced geospatial technologies. In such a context, there is a major issue concerning the automation of the process and the extraction of useful information from a huge amount of spatial information acquired by means of...

The prospects for heat: Urban heat modelling as a means for a sustainable and equitable heat transition in the historic centre of Amsterdam

The city of Amsterdam aims to supply buildings in the historic centre of Amsterdam with sustainable, reliable, and affordable heat for space heating. However, currently only hight temperature heat from biomass and waste incinerators can generate sufficient heat to supply this area. This solution does not lead to reducing the carbon emission...

Semantically describing urban historical buildings across different levels of granularity

Architectural, built heritage and historical buildings embody cultural heritage value and-as known-they need to be studied, documented, persevered and represented. Although there are many fields involved in these activities, none of these considered individually can fully represent the heritage with a complete level of detail and information....

Small scale Compressed Air Energy Storage application for renewable energy integration in a listed building

In EU where the architectural heritage is significant, enhancing the energy performance of historical buildings is of great interest. Constraints, such as the lack of space especially within the historical centers and architectural peculiarities, make the application of technologies for renewable energy production and storage a challenging issue...

The process of making historical buildings sustainable: A design of new touch points that increase the service quality of De Groene Grachten and support in building a long term relationship with the customer

Climate changes urges the design of historical buildings to become sustainable. DGG’s mission is to lower CO2 impact of historical buildings. Currently, DGG has no structured approach to keep in touch with their customers after delivering their service and experience a loss in contact. DGG wants to build a long term relationship with their...

Transparent restoration of historic buildings by structural glass components

Interventions for the Sustainable Development of Architectural Heritage - The Example of the Soda Fabriek in Schiedam, NL

Existing historic buildings, remnants of a past long gone are often still highly operational in our time, most likely at the expense of the environment. Without interventions, their energy performance is outdated – provided they are used in a contemporary way - and they contribute to the over-consumption of energy and the increase of greenhouse...

The Sustainable Refurbishment of BK City

Climate change - and particularly its long term-implications - has become the greatest challenge that scientists and politicians have to face. The building sector worldwide and, more specifically, the existing building stock, have been identified as major contributors to both global energy consumption and environmental damage. This study aims at...

Reduction of CO2 Emissions in Houses of Historic and Visual Importance

According to the ‘Climate Programme’ the municipality of Amsterdam has the ambition to reduce the CO2 emissions within the city limits by 40% in the year 2025 compared to the year 1990. To realize this ambition substantial CO2 savings have to be realized at the 375,000 current houses in the city. A special challenge is formed by the houses of...