Historic Building Thermal Diagnostics Algorithm Presented for the Example of a Townhouse in Lviv

Bożena Orlik-Kożdoń, Elżbieta Radziszewska-Zielina, Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak, Tomasz Steidl, Andrzej Białkiewicz, Maria Żychowska and Andriy Muzychak
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Bożena Orlik-Kożdoń: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Silesia University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Elżbieta Radziszewska-Zielina: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
Małgorzata Fedorczak-Cisak: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
Tomasz Steidl: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Silesia University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Andrzej Białkiewicz: Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
Maria Żychowska: Faculty of Architecture, Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Kraków, Poland
Andriy Muzychak: Department of Electric Power Engineering and Control Systems, Lviv Polytechnic, 79013 Lviv, Ukraine

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 20, 1-28

Abstract: This paper presents a proposal for a historic building thermal diagnostics algorithm for the example of a historical townhouse located in Lviv, Ukraine. The authors proposed a testing and diagnostics procedure that should precede design and renovation work associated with improving the energy standard of the buildings under discussion. The procedure was presented using a case study of a selected historical building. The scope of the study included an assessment of the building’s technical condition, thermal vision diagnostics, wall moisture, and water absorption in the context of protection against rain. Sample thermal and hygrothermal calculations were performed for a sample architecture element. The calculations included simulations of partition envelope behaviour after planned thermal retrofitting had been carried out. Performing the presented thermal diagnostics methods in three interlinked blocks (A, B, and C) shall ensure the proper thermal retrofitting of historical buildings in the context of their further occupancy.

Keywords: historical buildings; internal thermal insulation; building diagnostics; thermal bridges (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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