Prefabricated Timber Façade for the Energy Refurbishment of the Italian Building Stock: The Ri.Fa.Re. Project

Published Date
Available online 21 November 2016.

Author
Giada Malacarne. Author links open the author workspace.Opens the author workspaceOpens the author workspacea. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspaceGabriele Pasetti Monizza. Author links open the author workspace.b. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspaceJulia Ratajczak. Author links open the author workspace.a. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspaceDaniel Krause. Author links open the author workspace.a. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspaceCristina Benedetti. Author links open the author workspace.a. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspaceDominik T. Matt. Author links open the author workspace.a. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspaceb. Numbers and letters correspond to the affiliation list. Click to expose these in author workspace

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Fraunhofer Italia Research S.c.a.r.l., Bolzano 39100, Italy

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Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Bolzano 39100, Ital

Abstract

This paper describes the Ri.Fa.Re. timber-based solution, an innovative timber-based prefabricated panel for the energy refurbishment of the existing Italian buildingś façades. Although similar technologies have already been tested in several European countries, they are not feasible to be used in the Italian context characterized by specific geometric features of the building stock and by seismic constraints which are not relevant for most of European countries. Moreover, this research does not aim only at developing a product but also at adopting a new process, based on parametric design and lean construction principles. The main outcome of this project is a concrete kit for energy refurbishment suitable for the Italian context, including: a) a technological prefabricated but customizable product and b) a more efficient process to decrease time and cost wastes during the whole process.

Keywords

energy refurbishment technologies

timber technologies

prefabrication strategies

construction process optimization

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Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of the SBE16 Tallinn and Helsinki Conference.

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