Masonry buildings built in Italy the 60 s and 70 of last century frequently require energy seismic renovation. To this end, use a retrofitting technique based on multilayer coating may be applied building façades order to improve its performances, leading partial or total fulfilment structural code provisions. The consists layer Steel Fiber Reinforced Mortar combined with thermal insulation mat...

Due to the complexity of construction environment and retrofitting methods, it is difficult achieve expected effect. Therefore, effective seismic training a necessary way ensure workers acquire enough professional knowledge, skills safe behaviors, which are critical retrofitting. Mixed reality has huge potential in training. This paper conducts fuzzy comprehensive evaluation MR system research ...

Residual drifts after severe earthquakes interrupt serviceability of buildings. Retrofitting of such buildings is in many cases very difficult and consumes lots of time and money. Recently, there are some attempts to develop the seismic design procedures to not only satisfy life safety criteria but also lead to more economical buildings. One of these modern methods of improving seismic performa...

The present study investigates the force transfer mechanisms for open hoop fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) strips attached at reinforced concrete (R/C) beams with or without anchorage. These open hoop FRP strips are utilized in R/C beams that are in need of shear capacity upgrade. This type of retrofitting is necessary for R/C structures designed with less stringent seismic loading conditions th...

The paper aims to investigate different measures of passive cooling that are compatible with existing buildings in order to reduce the energy consumption and peak demand associated with the cooling. Both the existing conditions and envisaged thermal comfort preference of the occupants of the building determine which retrofitting technology is most suitable in a particular case. Measures focusin...