Comparing the environmental performances of new and renovated school buildings
Evaluating which is the best choice between renovating an existing construction or building a new structure in countries like Italy, where a huge post-war un-listed building heritage does not satisfy the current standards and the economic resources are limited, is not trivial. Several parameters com...
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| description | Evaluating which is the best choice between renovating an existing construction or building a new structure in countries like Italy, where a huge post-war un-listed building heritage does not satisfy the current standards and the economic resources are limited, is not trivial. Several parameters come into play, such as such the extent of the construction work, the environmental cost of disposing old materials, the carbon footprint and volume of new materials. This paper is devoted to the analysis of two projects. The first consists of a renovation of a multi-storey existing school built in 1960s having total area of about 9900 m2. The second is a new construction of a three-story school having a total area of about 14000 m2 and made with timber. The results show that the existing school building, although having a lower embodied carbon related to materials, has a higher overall carbon footprint due to the CO2 emissions related to operational energy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-334bb741f4d04159bbb6fe0b8009b7c32025-08-20T02:37:36ZengCzech Technical University in PragueActa Polytechnica CTU Proceedings2336-53822022-03-013335035610.14311/APP.2022.33.03505266Comparing the environmental performances of new and renovated school buildingsOscar Mancinelli0Alessandro Pasquale Fantilli1Bernardino Chiaia2Politecnico di Torino, Department of Structural, Building and Geotechnical Engineering (DISEG), Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyPolitecnico di Torino, Department of Structural, Building and Geotechnical Engineering (DISEG), Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyPolitecnico di Torino, Department of Structural, Building and Geotechnical Engineering (DISEG), Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyEvaluating which is the best choice between renovating an existing construction or building a new structure in countries like Italy, where a huge post-war un-listed building heritage does not satisfy the current standards and the economic resources are limited, is not trivial. Several parameters come into play, such as such the extent of the construction work, the environmental cost of disposing old materials, the carbon footprint and volume of new materials. This paper is devoted to the analysis of two projects. The first consists of a renovation of a multi-storey existing school built in 1960s having total area of about 9900 m2. The second is a new construction of a three-story school having a total area of about 14000 m2 and made with timber. The results show that the existing school building, although having a lower embodied carbon related to materials, has a higher overall carbon footprint due to the CO2 emissions related to operational energy.https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/APP/article/view/8026environmental sustainabilityexisting buildingreinforced concreteretrofittingschool buildingstimber |
| spellingShingle | Oscar Mancinelli Alessandro Pasquale Fantilli Bernardino Chiaia Comparing the environmental performances of new and renovated school buildings Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings environmental sustainability existing building reinforced concrete retrofitting school buildings timber |
| title | Comparing the environmental performances of new and renovated school buildings |
| title_full | Comparing the environmental performances of new and renovated school buildings |
| title_fullStr | Comparing the environmental performances of new and renovated school buildings |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparing the environmental performances of new and renovated school buildings |
| title_short | Comparing the environmental performances of new and renovated school buildings |
| title_sort | comparing the environmental performances of new and renovated school buildings |
| topic | environmental sustainability existing building reinforced concrete retrofitting school buildings timber |
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