Integrated Seismic and Energy Retrofit Interventions on a URM Masonry Building: The Case Study of the Former Courthouse in Fabriano

Amedeo Caprino, Filippo Lorenzoni, Laura Carnieletto, Leonardo Feletto, Michele De Carli and Francesca da Porto
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Amedeo Caprino: Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Filippo Lorenzoni: Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Laura Carnieletto: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Leonardo Feletto: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Michele De Carli: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
Francesca da Porto: Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-30

Abstract: Following the 2016 central Italy earthquakes, the high seismic vulnerability of existing buildings is once again at the center of the debate. Indeed, the majority of the Italian building stock (around 60%) was built before adopting the first seismic provisions (1974) and in a territory entirely characterized by medium to high levels of seismic hazard. On the other hand, the first provisions addressing thermal performance criteria were introduced in 1976 but with limited impact. A consistent reduction in energy consumption was further achieved in 1991, when even more buildings were erected. As a consequence, the Italian building stock is characterized by reduced seismic capacity and poor energy efficiency and, to optimize the available resources, combined retrofit interventions approaches are required. In this context, a synergic strategy for the seismic and energy retrofit of a unreinforced masonry (URM) building was proposed. The former Courthouse in Fabriano (Ancona, Marche), a strategic, three-story, unreinforced masonry building in the network of permanent monitoring systems of the Italian Department of Civil Protection, was selected as a case study. The overall effectiveness of various solutions of combined structural refurbishment and energy retrofit interventions, having different levels of invasiveness on the building, was assessed. In addition, a common methodology based on the expected annual losses allowed evaluating the financial feasibility of the proposed integrated interventions and estimating the changes in the return of the retrofitting investment in various seismic and climate zones. The results also show how the payback period could be significantly reduced by incentives and regulatory frameworks that currently favour the execution of integrated interventions.

Keywords: seismic retrofit; energy retrofit; masonry buildings; integrated interventions; non-linear analyses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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