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Ventilated Rainscreens for New Heritage: Sustainable Retrofit Strategies between Conservation and Innovation

  • Francesco Paolo R. Marino

The climate and energy crisis calls for a reassessment of conservation approaches to the New Heritage of the second half of the twentieth century, where performance upgrades must not compromise formal, material, or historical values. This paper examines ventilated rainscreen façades as retrofit systems for modern architecture, improving thermal and energy performance while preserving cultural significance. An analytical–numerical algorithm has been developed to simulate the thermo-fluid-dynamic behavior of the ventilated cavity and assess how thickness, compartmentalization, materials, and boundary conditions affect airflow and heat transfer. The findings show that parametric optimization increases efficiency and durability, placing ventilated façades as solutions between conservation and innovation.

  • Keywords:
  • New heritage,
  • Ventilated rainscreen,
  • Thermo-fluid dynamic simulation,
  • Energy retrofit,
  • Sustainable conservation,
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Francesco Paolo R. Marino

University of Basilicata, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3674-9596

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Ventilated Rainscreens for New Heritage: Sustainable Retrofit Strategies between Conservation and Innovation

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Francesco Paolo R. Marino

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Inglese

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10.36253/979-12-215-1113-0.72

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ReUso 2026 - New heritage and future strategies. Perspectives on conservation and promotion

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14th International Congress Barcelona-Girona, 4-7 November

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Alessandro Scarnato, Marisa García Vergara, Ángeles Layuno Rosas

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