Current Trends in Aerogel Use in Heritage Buildings: Case Studies from the Aerogel Architecture Award 2021
Silica aerogels are high-performance thermal insulation materials that can be used to provide unique solutions in the envelopes of buildings when space is limited. They are most often applied in historic buildings due to thin insulation thicknesses and since they are compatible with historic structu...
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| author | Michal Ganobjak Samuel Brunner Jörg Hofmann Verena Klar Michael Ledermann Volker Herzog Beat Kämpfen Ralf Kilian Manfred Wehdorn Jannis Wernery |
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| description | Silica aerogels are high-performance thermal insulation materials that can be used to provide unique solutions in the envelopes of buildings when space is limited. They are most often applied in historic buildings due to thin insulation thicknesses and since they are compatible with historic structures. In 2021, the first Aerogel Architecture Award was held at Empa in Switzerland in order to collect, evaluate and award outstanding uses of this relatively new building material. From the submitted projects, three were selected for an award by an expert jury. They showcased applications in which heritage protection and the conservation of a building’s character and expression were reconciled with significant improvements in the energy efficiency of the building. The submissions also showed that a broader communication of these types of solutions is important in order to provide more information and security to planners and heritage offices and to facilitate the application of these materials in the future so that they can contribute to the protection of cultural heritage and reductions in the operational and embodied emissions of our building stock by extending the life expectancy and energy efficiency of existing buildings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2a1cb05f3c374d1db8a9dd4e74f78b082023-11-19T16:35:45ZengMDPI AGGels2310-28612023-10-0191081410.3390/gels9100814Current Trends in Aerogel Use in Heritage Buildings: Case Studies from the Aerogel Architecture Award 2021Michal Ganobjak0Samuel Brunner1Jörg Hofmann2Verena Klar3Michael Ledermann4Volker Herzog5Beat Kämpfen6Ralf Kilian7Manfred Wehdorn8Jannis Wernery9Laboratory for Building Energy Materials and Components, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratory for Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, SwitzerlandLaboratory for Building Energy Materials and Components, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratory for Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, SwitzerlandWPB Planungsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG, Meyerstraße 56, 99423 Weimar, GermanyKlar Architektur + Energieberatung, Bahnhofstr. 19/21, 72127 Mähringen, GermanyArchitekturbüro Ledermann AG, Mittelstrasse 40, 4900 Langenthal, SwitzerlandHerzog Architektur, Frühlingstrasse 69, 85354 Freising, GermanyKämpfen Zinke + Partner AG, Gutstrasse 73, 8055 Zürich, SwitzerlandFraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik IBP, Fraunhoferstr. 10, 83626 Valley, GermanyInstitute for History of Art, Building Archaeology and Restoration, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Vienna University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna, AustriaLaboratory for Building Energy Materials and Components, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratory for Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 129, 8600 Dübendorf, SwitzerlandSilica aerogels are high-performance thermal insulation materials that can be used to provide unique solutions in the envelopes of buildings when space is limited. They are most often applied in historic buildings due to thin insulation thicknesses and since they are compatible with historic structures. In 2021, the first Aerogel Architecture Award was held at Empa in Switzerland in order to collect, evaluate and award outstanding uses of this relatively new building material. From the submitted projects, three were selected for an award by an expert jury. They showcased applications in which heritage protection and the conservation of a building’s character and expression were reconciled with significant improvements in the energy efficiency of the building. The submissions also showed that a broader communication of these types of solutions is important in order to provide more information and security to planners and heritage offices and to facilitate the application of these materials in the future so that they can contribute to the protection of cultural heritage and reductions in the operational and embodied emissions of our building stock by extending the life expectancy and energy efficiency of existing buildings.https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/9/10/814aerogelarchitecturethermal insulationheritageretrofitenergy efficiency |
| spellingShingle | Michal Ganobjak Samuel Brunner Jörg Hofmann Verena Klar Michael Ledermann Volker Herzog Beat Kämpfen Ralf Kilian Manfred Wehdorn Jannis Wernery Current Trends in Aerogel Use in Heritage Buildings: Case Studies from the Aerogel Architecture Award 2021 Gels aerogel architecture thermal insulation heritage retrofit energy efficiency |
| title | Current Trends in Aerogel Use in Heritage Buildings: Case Studies from the Aerogel Architecture Award 2021 |
| title_full | Current Trends in Aerogel Use in Heritage Buildings: Case Studies from the Aerogel Architecture Award 2021 |
| title_fullStr | Current Trends in Aerogel Use in Heritage Buildings: Case Studies from the Aerogel Architecture Award 2021 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Current Trends in Aerogel Use in Heritage Buildings: Case Studies from the Aerogel Architecture Award 2021 |
| title_short | Current Trends in Aerogel Use in Heritage Buildings: Case Studies from the Aerogel Architecture Award 2021 |
| title_sort | current trends in aerogel use in heritage buildings case studies from the aerogel architecture award 2021 |
| topic | aerogel architecture thermal insulation heritage retrofit energy efficiency |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/9/10/814 |
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