The deep renovation of existing buildings requires the application of thermal in-sulation to the façades. Unfortunately, with regard to residential buildings that are more than 24 metres high, thus characterized by a high number of occupants with a long time evacuation, the presence of thermal insulation inside ventilated fa-çades or within composite systems could fuel the fire by spreading the flames and reaching several floors in a very short time. Recent cases in Europe show that fire started in one of the apartments of the building and quickly spread along the en-tire façade. The paper investigates the relationship between new energy require-ments and fire safety for this kind of buildings. A case study of high rise public housing owned by ACER in Modena, Italy, is then considered, introducing a ret-rofit project in compliance with the new ‘vertical rule’ V.14 of the italian Fire Prevention Code, in line with other national regulations in Europe. In the next fu-ture many insulation materials will be hardly applied in renovation projects if not certified as ‘technological kits’, according to new regulations.
Guardigli, L. (2023). Energy Retrofit and Fire Protection in Existing High-Rise Residential Buildings: A Case Study in Modena (Italy). Springer [10.1007/978-981-19-8769-4_31].
Energy Retrofit and Fire Protection in Existing High-Rise Residential Buildings: A Case Study in Modena (Italy)
Guardigli L.
;Barbolini F.
2023
Abstract
The deep renovation of existing buildings requires the application of thermal in-sulation to the façades. Unfortunately, with regard to residential buildings that are more than 24 metres high, thus characterized by a high number of occupants with a long time evacuation, the presence of thermal insulation inside ventilated fa-çades or within composite systems could fuel the fire by spreading the flames and reaching several floors in a very short time. Recent cases in Europe show that fire started in one of the apartments of the building and quickly spread along the en-tire façade. The paper investigates the relationship between new energy require-ments and fire safety for this kind of buildings. A case study of high rise public housing owned by ACER in Modena, Italy, is then considered, introducing a ret-rofit project in compliance with the new ‘vertical rule’ V.14 of the italian Fire Prevention Code, in line with other national regulations in Europe. In the next fu-ture many insulation materials will be hardly applied in renovation projects if not certified as ‘technological kits’, according to new regulations.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
