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The Impact Of Indoor Environment Quality On Theconservation Practice Of Historical Buildingthecase Of Lebanese Coastal Zone, Hoda Zeayter, Ibtihal Y. El-Bastawissi, Hiba Mohsen
The Impact Of Indoor Environment Quality On Theconservation Practice Of Historical Buildingthecase Of Lebanese Coastal Zone, Hoda Zeayter, Ibtihal Y. El-Bastawissi, Hiba Mohsen
BAU Journal - Health and Wellbeing
It is widely acknowledged that a multidisciplinary approach should be adopted to conserve historical buildings that include indoor environmental features. This paper discusses the effect of healthier indoor environment requirements on the conservation of historical buildings. Conservation, being an essential sustainable practice using inherited built assets to satisfy present needs, imposes limitations on the intervention that can be induced to historical buildings. Healthier indoor environment requires controlling various factors as Indoor Air Quality and Thermal Comfort, which directly affect the Heat-Air- Moisture transfer (hygrothermal behavior) of the historic building envelope and may lead to its deterioration and degradation. Focusing on …