Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Long a major area of human activity, the building sector has been subject to environmental damage, which has been identified as a cause of building faults. Building defects can be multifarious and multisystemic. The idea of reducing the impact of climate change by lowering human-caused greenhouse gas emissions has attracted much attention. Still, it is also known that some consequences of environmental damage would find their way into manmade surroundings. Although it is usually expected that buildings should last several decades, the lifetime of buildings varies greatly internationally. Building materials deteriorate under weathering; if not treated, this can lead to an accelerated rate and maybe more severe degradation. Changes to maintenance plans could allow minor variations in the pace of degradation. Still, we may need to adjust if we are to reach significant improvements in the degradation rate. Globally, the appearance of any new degrading process seems unlikely. However, due to a lack of regional knowledge or awareness, earlier minor problems could start to take significance at the local level someday. This study was therefore carried out to ascertain how climatological elements affect building flaws. The results exposed that moisture, fungal development, mould, blistering, and corrosion constituted the main causes of damage arising from the climate. The issues started from several elements: rain, condensation, air moisture, water leakage, humidity, high temperatures, UV radiation, dampness, oxygen, salt, and acids.
Author: Md Azree Othuman Mydin
Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Language: English
Subfield: Earth-Surface Processes
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: diamond
Awards: G220998, G7653821823
OpenAlex ID: W4411073198