New conservation products for historic building materials

The deterioration of historic buildings has become an increasingly urgent issue and consequently the need of a more sustainable management of the built heritage as well. An EU initiative has developed complex new materials designed specifically to restore heritage materials.

Industrial Technologies

© Adriana Bernardi

Keywords

• Conservation
• restoration
• historic building
• heritage materials
• polymaterial
• cultural heritage
• nano-structured materials
• Calcium alkoxide
• Aluminium alkoxide

Project Information

NANOMATCH

Grant agreement ID: 283182

Project closed

Start date 1 November 2011

End date 31 October 2014

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Total cost

€ 3 082 933,62

EU contribution

€ 2 522 698,46

Coordinated by

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Italy