Manuela Rebaudengo

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In Italy, a frequent approach to building maintenance is—for evident cost reasons—to operate fol...lowing an occurred fault; from this point of view, the opportunity to design a database containing structured  information on building’s state of conservation is still a long way off.

BIM and the construction sector have long been an inseparable pair: in many European Countries it... is a consolidated practice while in others there is a big debate about it but. Although there are important signs of a turning point, it still does not seem to be really feasible.

By now, it is clear the built environment could play an important role in fighting climate change..., since it accounts for around 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions. Generally speaking, Italian residential stock is over 50 years old and around 16% of that needs large interventions due to its poor maintenance condition.

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