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Energy and Seismic Upgrading of R.C. Masonry Infilled Frame Buildings: A General Perspective




Authored by Anthimos S Anastasiadis
The present opinion paper attempts to briefly describe the problem and further on to provide with a conceptual view towards the mobilization of the civil engineering community to start investigating retrofitting procedures which integrates, in one solution system, both the energy and seismic upgrading of existing buildings by using insulation façade elements, which ensure the building physics along with the earthquake resistance performance.

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