Permanent monitoring of historical buildings structural health via remote control

The permanent monitoring of structural behavior of monuments or historical buildings is a crucial target in the framework of diagnosis for preservation of architectural and archaeological cultural heritage. The paper deals with the monitoring and static risk assessment using remote control technologies as technique of dynamic parameter measurement in a wireless sensors network system. The historical buildings, due to the age and the exposition to the traffic vibration of modern cities, can show stresses inside the material, as well as damage sometimes comparable to that caused by small seismic actions. Then, a permanent monitoring of the micro-shocks/vibrations is suggested to be applied to the most vulnerable monuments. The use of remote control technologies makes feasible to provide a robust infrastructure to support the data collection and the decision making before, during, and after emergencies.