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Fig. 10 Wall structure of the renovated wall. Finally, a finish of 3 mm of reinforcement plaster
and 3 mm of synthetic resin plaster were applied
Fig. 11 Installation of the
VIP on the top of the vapour
barrier. In the edge regions,
triangular-shaped VIPs were
used
A view of the façade before and after refurbishment is depicted in Fig.
12
.It
could be stated that due to the slim VIP, the refurbishment could be successfully
finished in full accordance with department for the protection of historical mon-
uments. Figure
13
shows a thermal image, which was taken 1 year after refur-
bishment. As can be seen, the rim of the VIP acts as thermal bridges. This effect is
damped by the application of an additional insulation layer with polystyrene foam.
Additionally, the thermal image indicates that at least three VIPs are vented, which
means that the effective thermal conductivity increases for these panels up to
approximately 0.025 Wm
-1
K
-1
. This fact was detected shortly after the com-
pletion of the refurbishment. Since this time, no further degradation could be
