Recommendation of RILEM TC 243-SGM: Functional requirements for surface repair mortars for historic buildings

Surface repair mortars are used for the compensation, or repair, of lost portions of surface materials in historic masonry buildings. It is recommended that their design and application should be performed in a wider context of conservation values related decision making, to prioritise preservation of original fabric, authenticity of approach...

Satellite observations reveal extreme methane leakage from a natural gas well blowout

Methane emissions due to accidents in the oil and natural gas sector are very challenging tomonitor, and hence are seldomconsidered in emission inventories and reporting. One of the main reasons is the lack of measurements during such events. Here we report the detection of large methane emissions from a gas well blowout in Ohio during February...

Correction to: Consolidation of renders and plasters (Materials and Structures, (2017), 50, 1, (65), 10.1617/s11527-016-0894-5)

201808 Due to an unfortunate turn of events, the article title was only partly given in the article next to the fact that the list of TC members had accidently been left out. Please find in this erratum the correct article title and the list of TC members. Both should be considered as part of the final version by the reader. © 2018, RILEM.

Monumentenwacht and preventive conservation: Changes

This paper presents the qualitative research on the importance and function of Monumentenwacht in The Netherlands in relation to the preventive conservation of monuments. The focus was on Monumentenwacht North Brabant. The main part of the research was carried out within the JPI ‘CHANGES' project, based on the results obtained in a previous...

An integrated methodology for salt damage assessment and remediation: The case of San Jerónimo Monastery (Granada, Spain)

San Jerónimo Monastery (Granada, Spain) was selected as a case study for the investigation of the effect of indoor environmental conditions on salt weathering and for on-site testing of a remediation treatment using crystallization inhibitors on account of the extreme salt damage affecting both the building stone, a biomicritic limestone,...

SCIAMACHY Level 1 data: Calibration concept and in-flight calibration

The calibration of SCIAMACHY was thoroughly checked since the instrument was launched on-board ENVISAT in February 2002. While SCIAMACHY's functional performance is excellent since launch, a number of technical difficulties have appeared, that required adjustments to the calibration. The problems can be separated into three types: (1) Those...