The evolution of sustainable renovation of existing buildings: a review of integrated seismic and environmental retrofitting interventions based on a Life Cycle Thinking approach

Sustainability is typically defined as the result of the interaction of environmental, economic, and social aspects, and it is now considered as a major target objective in all sectors of our economy, including the construction one. The concept of buildings’ sustainable renovation has changed significantly over time, leading to the current interpretation that considers the need to concurrently upgrade safety and resilience against natural hazards and minimise energy and resource consumption, as well asreducing impacts along the building’s life cycle. This manuscript discusses a state-ofthe- art literature review on combined/integrated energy and seismic retrofitting techniques and assessment methods for the sustainable renovation of the existing building stock, specifically focusing on those conceived according to a life cycle thinking (LCT) approach. This manuscript is expected to go beyond the available stateof- art reviews by outlining the evolution of the concept of buildings’ sustainability throughout time, as well as by defining a comprehensive taxonomy of available retrofitting strategies, while also identifying common clusters among the available research papers. This systematic review effort is part of the mission of the European Association of Earthquake Engineering (EAEE) Working Group 15 (WG15), focused on“combined seismic and environmental upgrading of existing buildings”.

PASSONI Chiara;  CARUSO Martina;  FELICIONI Licia;  NEGRO Paolo; 

2025-03-31

SPRINGER

JRC136711

1570-761X (online),   

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-024-01991-0,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC136711,   

10.1007/s10518-024-01991-0 (online),