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Impact of Environmental Conditions on Construction Materials Throughout Long-Term Surveys to Promote Preventive Conservation. Case Study of Courtyards Located in Mediterranean Climate

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This chapter presents the environmental conditions linked to the microclimate developed in the Mediterranean courtyards, in order to know the impact on the conservation of traditional building materials. Thus, this work aims to establish a relationship between environmental parameters (Temperature and Relative Humidity) and the preservation of plasterworks, wooden carpentries and ceilings, and tilings. Results will easily reveal which are the most adequate conditions of conservation of these materials and the influence of ambient conditions in the degradation process of materials present in the Courtyard of the Maidens (Royal Alcazar of Seville). To this end, a long-term monitoring of the environmental conditions of the Courtyard of the Maidens was carried out during 2021 and 2022 and the subsequent statistical analysis of the parameters.

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    It should be mentioned that there are previous records of the environmental conditions of the RAS at different points, but made in a short period of time. These studies revealed that environmental conditions do not change substantially with visits [32]. For this reason, the fact that thousands of tourists daily circulate through the Courtyard of the Maidens can be ignored.

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Blasco-López, F.J. et al. (2023). Impact of Environmental Conditions on Construction Materials Throughout Long-Term Surveys to Promote Preventive Conservation. Case Study of Courtyards Located in Mediterranean Climate. In: Bienvenido-Huertas, D., Durán-Álvarez, J. (eds) Building Engineering Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 345. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2714-2_15

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