Scientific Director
Prof. Ing. Roberto Castelluccio
Email: roberto.castellucco@unina.it
Piazzale Vincenzo Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli (NA)
lab.ingegneria.edile@gmail.com
The Building Engineering Laboratory ( BE Lab) research group develops research and innovation activities aimed at technology transfer and knowledge development to ensure the protection of built and cultural heritage, regional development, and support for public administration and land conservation agencies . .
The laboratory is equipped with equipment designed to study the characteristics of building materials and components, test them under high-stress scenarios, and define their environmental thermo-hygrometric characteristics.
The main equipment for characterization testing of building materials and technical elements is:
- salt corrosion chamber;
- climatic chamber;
- rain simulation chamber;
- thermal shock chamber;
- forced-air oven;
- precision thermobalance.
Furthermore, for environmental characterization or non-invasive diagnostic analyses there are:
– environmental thermo-hygrometric probes;
– CO2 probe;
– thermofluximeter;
– thermal imaging camera;
– sclerometer.
Research areas
BELab's activities support several lines of research that include:
- the non-invasive diagnostics, focused on monitoring the thermo-hygrometric conditions of the built environment, in order to determine the effects on user comfort and building components. These experimental investigations are conducted with the aid of a thermal imaging camera, environmental and surface humidity and temperature sensors, and CO2 sensors;
- the evaluation of the conservation of material performance in a controlled environment, conducted by measuring the variation of thermal and electrical parameters of building materials and components under different operating conditions;
- the building risk assessment, aimed at assessing the vulnerability of the technical elements of the building envelope and the danger induced by this vulnerability on urban and metropolitan environments in different multi-risk scenarios;
- the emergency simulation and management, aimed at verifying the spaces and paths of strategic buildings in crisis conditions, developed through user behavioral analysis models;
- the application of the principles of circular economy and environmental sustainability to the construction area, focused on performance analysis of innovative materials and products as well as verification and energy efficiency of building systems with innovative solutions with low environmental impact.
– monitoring of environmental thermo-hygrometric conditions for the characterization of environments aimed at studying the material and performance integrity of building components and user comfort;
– verification of the compressive strength of the technical elements of the concrete load-bearing structure through non-destructive in situ checks.
– Verification of the thermal and electrical characteristics of building materials and components in a controlled environment;
– Evaluation of the wet contents of materials and influence on their performance.
– Analysis of technical elements of buildings to assess their vulnerability in environmental scenarios characterized by different atmospheric agents and external stresses;
– Building risk assessment through analysis of potential safety hazards, integrity, maintenance, and monitoring of technical elements.
– Modeling and simulating user behavior in ordinary and emergency scenarios for the functional verification of built environments and the analysis of their potential use in critical situations;
– Risk mitigation strategies in epidemiological emergency or natural disaster scenarios.
- Testing of innovative building materials designed with circular economy and environmental sustainability criteria;
– Energy modeling aimed at evaluating the performance of building systems and defining innovative solutions with low environmental impact.