Project facts
Duration:
2014-02-01 -
2017-01-31
Project coordinator: Belgian Building Research Institute
Project consortium: Belgian Building Research Institute (Belgium)
Consiglio Nazionale della Ricerca (Italy)
Università Ca' Foscari Venezia (Italy)
C.R.S.A med-ingegneria S.r.l (Italy)
Special Restoration Ltd. of Pambianco (Italy)
DIASEN (Italy)
Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)
Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (Netherlands)
Funding bodies:
JPI CH
Subject areas:
Built Heritage, Monuments & sites, Monitoring, Methods/procedures, Climate Change
Budget: 596,194.00€
Website: http://www.emerisda.eu
Presentation
- This project aims to come to a scientifically based evaluation of the effectiveness of different methods against rising damp and a define decision support tool for a conscious choice and successful use of these methods in the practice of conservation.
- The aims will be achieved by sharing the knowledge until now diffused over the EU, and by acquiring new knowledge through the application of selected methods in case study.
- The co-operation between research institutes, conservation authorities and SMEs guarantees easy access to documentation on case studies, independent and scientifically based evaluation of interventions and successful dissemination of results.
Impacts & Results
- Establishment of a European-wide overview of existing methods, including the compatibility with, and effectiveness on historic buildings.
- The establishment and definition of a common procedure and criteria for the evaluation of interventions against rising damp, to be defined based on the experience of the partners.
- EU broad overview of the effectiveness of existing methods elaborated on the existing experience and the knowledge acquired by the investigation of case studies.
- The development of a decision support tool on the feasibility and the risks of existing methods, helping actors involved in conservation to arrive at a conscious choice and successful application of these methods in the practice.
- Build up a European network of experts with state of the art knowledge in this field.