Recent Developments in Building Diagnosis Techniques

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Practical Experiences from Several Moisture Performance Assessments....Pages 1-20
Analysis of Main Parameters that Affect Contact Area Between Mortar Rendering and Substrate: Use of 3D Laser Scanning Technique....Pages 21-35
The Pathologies of the ETICS....Pages 37-49
Criteria for Identification of Ceramic Detachments in Building Facades with Infrared Thermography....Pages 51-68
Diagnosis of Moisture Movements in Massive Dolostone Walls of Medieval Churches....Pages 69-90
The Wind-Driven Rain and the Buildings: Directional Driving Rain, Experimental Simulation and Quantification of Wetness Areas....Pages 91-103
A Performance Assessment of Prefabricated Bathrooms Installed in the 1990s....Pages 105-126
Good Practice: Analysis of the Vulnerability of Seven Churches in Monza. From an Information Model to a Geodatabase....Pages 127-143
On the Use of Infrared Thermographic Measurements for Evaluating the Airtightness of the Building Envelope....Pages 145-169
Evaluation of Moisture Transfer to Improve the Conservation of Tiles Finishing Facades....Pages 171-194
Analysis of Microclimate in a Historical Building to Assess the Probability of Recurrence of Filamentous Fungi....Pages 195-213