FROM PENAGA TREE TO HERITAGE BOUTIQUE HOTEL: A CASE STUDY OF HOTEL PENAGA

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Peng Ng ◽  
Lok Sin Kuar ◽  
Yuen Onn Choong ◽  
Sok Yee Teoh ◽  
Chee Wee Tee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Green Building ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Hotel Management ◽  
Occupancy Rate ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Boutique Hotel

Hotel Penaga is a heritage-listed boutique hotel in the Unesco World Heritage Site in Penang, Malaysia. It was built in the 1920s and renovated into a 45-room hotel in 2008. Hotel Penaga was the first heritage-listed renovated hotel to be awarded Gold by the Green Building Index. Currently, Hotel Penaga is managed by Vouk Hotel Management. Hotel Penaga is committed to environmental sustainability and emphasizes destination marketing in its hotel operations. Achieving a healthy occupancy rate for the hotel is one of the biggest challenges for Hotel Penaga, especially after the pandemic.

scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT AND RISK IN THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE OF VILLA BARBARO MASER (ITALY)

2019 ◽  
Vol XLII-2/W11 ◽  
pp. 269-276
Author(s):  
A. Bonora ◽  
K. Fabbri ◽  
M. Pretelli
Keyword(s):  
Simulated Data ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Andrea Palladio ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Definition Of

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> Indoor environment in heritage buildings can be cause of damage for architecture and artefacts which depend on several physical and chemical parameters: air temperature, relative humidity, volatile organic compounds, etc. How is it possible to evaluate their damage, or the risk of damages? How “aggressive” is indoor microclimate? The scientific literature proposes several different criteria for the evaluation of the risk of damages, especially in the field of museums, while there are few studies which take into consideration historic buildings. In this paper we propose an index – the Heritage indoor Microclimate Risk (HMR) – that allows to define the risk concerning the whole environment and not only the artefacts. Moreover, we propose its application to a real case study of a UNESCO Heritage World Site, obtained through indoor microclimate on-site monitoring and building simulation. The case study reported is Villa Barbaro, built in Maser (1554–1560) by the architect Andrea Palladio and registered in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list since 1996, as Palladian Villa of Veneto. The research is structured as follows: monitoring campaign of the microclimatic parameters; virtual modelling of Villa Barbaro and its validation (by comparing the simulated data and the monitored ones); construction of scenarios which can aid to guarantee the historic building’s conservation and the occupants’ comfort; definition of HMR. The innovative aspect of the proposed methodology is the use of a virtual building model of heritage buildings, to determine, through a single index, the degree of risk and the level of indoor microclimate aggression.</p>

Mortar OSL and brick TL dating: The case study of the UNESCO world heritage site of Modena

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 236-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Panzeri ◽  
M. Caroselli ◽  
A. Galli ◽  
S. Lugli ◽  
M. Martini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Tl Dating ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site

scholarly journals Social Return on Investment (SROI) to Assess the Impacts of Tourism: A Case Study

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 215824402098873
Author(s):  
Antonio Ariza-Montes ◽  
Antonio Sianes ◽  
Vicente Fernández-Rodríguez ◽  
Carmen López-Martín ◽  
Mercedes Ruíz-Lozano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Return On Investment ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Social Return On Investment ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
The Social

This article contributes to the debate on the social and economic impacts generated by tourism activities using a methodology that is still insufficiently explored in the field of tourism and the impacts that this causes: social return on investment (SROI). Using the analysis of a case as a guiding thread, this article shows how the application of this methodology allows one to know in depth the social value that an emblematic palace (one of the main tourist attractions of a city in the south of Spain that was designated as a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] World Heritage Site) brings, the changes experienced by the interest groups that interact with it, and the theory of change that promotes the very existence of the palace. Its results and conclusions can also inform policies and strategies of these other actors related to the intervention.

scholarly journals Cu-Zn slags from Røros (Norway): a case study of rapid cooling and crystal nucleation

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Rafał Warchulski ◽  
Krzysztof Szopa
Keyword(s):  
Mining Industry ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Crystal Nucleation ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Mining Town ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Mining Culture ◽  
Main Factor

Abstract The mining town of Røros located in central Norway was established in 1644 and it is known of historical mining industry related to copper. Røros was designated as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980 on the base of mining culture represented by, e.g., unique wooden architecture. Slag pieces are composed of three parts differing in glass to crystallites ratio. Røros slags are composed of olivine- and pyroxene- group minerals accompanied by sulphides, with glass in the interstices. Temperature gradient and volatiles content were determined as the main factor influencing crystallization process in this material

scholarly journals The complexities of managing historic buildings with BIM

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
James Charlton ◽  
Kenneth Kelly ◽  
David Greenwood ◽  
Leo Moreton
Keyword(s):  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Information Requirements ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Heritage Buildings

PurposeThe adoption of building information modelling (BIM) in managing built heritage is an exciting prospect, but one that presents complexities additional to those of modern buildings. If challenges can be identified and overcome, the adoption of historic BIM (HBIM) could offer efficiencies in how heritage buildings are managed.Design/methodology/approachUsing Durham Cathedral as a case study, we present the workflows applied to create an asset information model to improve the way this unique UNESCO World Heritage Site is managed, and in doing so, set out the challenges and complexities in achieving an HBIM solution.FindingsThis study identifies the need for a better understanding of the distinct needs and context for managing historic assets, and the need for heritage information requirements (HIR) that reflect this.Originality/valueThis study presents first-hand findings based on a unique application of BIM at Durham Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The study provides a better understanding of the challenges and drivers of HBIM adoption across the heritage sector and underlines the need for information requirements that are unique to historical buildings/assets to deliver a coherent and relevant HBIM approach.

scholarly journals At the Edge of the Internet: Teaching Coding and Sustainability to Himalayan Girls

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances Garrett ◽  
Matt Price ◽  
Laila Strazds ◽  
Dawn Walker
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Northeastern India ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Full Force

This report introduces a two-week workshop on web coding and environmental sustainability at a school for girls in northeastern India. Our discussion of this teaching project reviews issues that shaped the project’s development, outlines resources required for implementation, and summarizes the workshop’s curriculum. Highspeed internet will soon arrive in the region of this recently-recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site. We believe that the training of girls in particular could help redistribute power and resources in regions where women are often poorer, less educated, and excluded from decision-making in institutional and public contexts. Relatively few code teaching projects have grappled with the difficulty of working in offline environments at the “edge of the internet,” and yet moving skills and knowledge into these regions before the internet arrives in full force might help mitigate some of the web’s worst impacts on equity and justice.

scholarly journals Management zonation and its implementation at a UNESCO World Heritage Site: a case study for the Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Maja Vurnek ◽  
Andrijana Brozinčević ◽  
Željko Rendulić ◽  
Kazimir Miculinić ◽  
Vesna Vukadin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Plitvice Lakes
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