Course Repair and Refurbishment of the Valuable Built Environment

The course Repair and Refurbishment in VBE is an asynchronous intermediate to advanced module that introduces key repair and refurbishment strategies for existing and historic buildings, with a focus on sustainable materials, component repair, pollutant treatment, and heritage practice. It covers topics such as low-CO2 cements, Roman-inspired cement materials, geopolymers, CycloPlasma, window repair, wood conservation, salt-related deterioration, and adaptive reuse through the case study of the Alte Schaefflerei in Benediktbeuern. The course is designed for practitioners and experts working in refurbishment, heritage conservation, building materials, and building physics.