A full description of the renown Aquapol system to dry humid walls in old and less old buildings and houses without the use of chemicals, totally natural ecologic system. Handles all water coming form the ground. More than 50,000 installations in Europe. Totally non invasive with double warranty on the Aquapol device itself (20 years) and on the final result of dried walls. With sathisfied or refound formula. Full diagnostic of the building, salt analysysi, checklist of collateral actions to do for humidity non coming form the ground, and 36 months of techcnical services include. Please contact us at www.muriumidi.info or www.green-tech.it or www-aquapol.it (for Italy) or visit www.aquapol.com rest of the world

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2. A dozen reasons for masonry moisture
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RISING GROUND MOISTURE
H
HYGROSCOPIC MOISTURE
K
CONDENSATION WATER
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MOISTURE PENETRATING SIDEWAYS
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INSTALLATION DAMAGES
SR
MOISTURE CAUSED DY DRIVING
RAINS
SW SEEPAGE WATER
S
SPLASH WATER
D
SLOPE PRESSURE WATER
C
MOISTURE CAUSED BY CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES
G
MOISTURE IN THE INTERFERENCE FIELDS
CAUSED BY GEOLOGICAL FACTORS
B
BUILDING MOISTURE
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3. In a brick, there could be air or water
1 m3 brick consists of
about 1.600 kg dry weight.
About 30% of its volume
are air pores.
The air pores are
completely filled with water.
This is known as 100%
degree of moisture
penetration.
20% of the air pores are filled
with water. The degree of
moisture penetration here is
mere 20%.

4. Magnification of a capillar filled with
water
Magnification of the capillary
action.
The forces of attraction
(adhesive power) between
water and building material or
between water and glass lead
to a capillary suction effect in
capillary channels.
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5. Rising Damp Effects
SALTS CRISTALLIZATION
Moisture evaporation
and the related salt
cristallization cause the
decay of paintings and
plasters.
EVAPORATION
Ground water sources
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6. Rising Damp Symptoms
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7. Rising Damp Symptoms
Moisture in walls is visible up to the evaporation zone
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8. Rising Damp Symptoms
The plaster is partly or entirely flaked off, or tends to effloresce most markedly in the evaporation zone.
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9. Rising Damp Symptoms
The evaporation border is at least 40 cm above the ground level.
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10. Rising Damp Symptoms

11. Rising Damp Symptoms
Emulsion paints form bubbles, especially in the evaporation zone.
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12. Rising Damp Symptoms: salt’s effects
… salts can
expand 12 times
more their volume
arriving to apply a
pressure of 2 tons
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for cm2.

13. Rising Damp Symptoms: salt’s effects
… salts can
expand 12 times
more their volume
arriving to apply a
pressure of 2 tons
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for cm2.

14. Rising Damp Symptoms
Plaster becomes detached
structure at the evaporation
lies partly in concave form.
The comparative knocking
formed with a tool or the fist at
the
evaporation
zone,
different acoustic patterns.
from the
zone and
test, perand under
produces
Plaster is more brittle at the evaporation
zone than below it because binding agents
become dissolved over the time.
The comparative stab test with a pointed tool,
performed at and under the evaporation zone,
shows different penetration depths or
penetration resistance.
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15. Rising Damp Symptoms
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16. Rising Damp Symptoms
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17. Rising Damp Symptoms
One notices an
unpleasant musty
smell throughout
the year despite
constant
ventilation and
heating of the
rooms.
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18. Water loss from the roof
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19. Some Damages caused by rising damp
• High humidity rate in the air and health problems;
• Wall Re-painted many times in vain;
• Wall Re-plastered many times in vain;
• Damages caused to furnitures or other home-stuff: for high
A wet wall is not merely ugly
–
it affects one’s emotional
wellbeing, and several
diseases are aggravated by
masonry moisture and its
effects on the air in the room.
humidity presence;
• Higher heating costs;
• High consumption of electricity by air de-humidifier;
• Structural damages to affected buildings: the building material
has less resistence.
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20. House Insulation
WET WALLS = WORST INSULATION
HEAT
ONLY THE 10% REMAINS IN
THE ROOM
90% OF HEAT LOOSES
Magnification of a
capillar full of damp.
The capillars
full of damp
are very bad
insulating
materials.
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21. House Insulation
WITH DRY WALL , the major part of the heat
remains in the room
HEAT
Muro deumidificato
Wall Capillar
DRY OUT WALL
=
BETTER
THERMIC
INSULATION
The air inside the capillars
gives to the wall a great
insulating quality.
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22. Wet Walls – Bad House Insulation – High Electricity Consumption
Insulation in relation of moisture in the walls
MOISTURE
BY
INSULATION
MOISTURE
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24. Mechanical Technics
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High degree of invasivity
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Instability of the structure
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The moisture remain into
the wall
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Salts go out slowly
damaging the new plaster
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Very Expensive
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25. Moisture remaining many years into the wall and going out after the intervention.
Mechanical
Technic
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26. Chemical Barriers
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The moiusture remains into the
wall and goes out slowly
damaging the new plaster
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Salts coming out
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High degree of invasion
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The chemical barrier is
damaged by chemical
destroying forces into the wall
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With heterogeneous materials
no certainty of slit absences
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27. Electro-phisical procedures
•High dree of invasivity
•Continue Wall Structure Electrification 24
h./24
•The components placed inside the wall are
subject to destroying chemical forces
•Maintainence Costs (the components get
wear along time)
•Possible “holes” in the wall coverage,
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28. Active Electro-osmosis
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Elettrosmog: Continue Wall Structure
Electrification 24 h./24
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If the electricity goes missing, sudden
rising of damp
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Fear to leave the house for months
with the electrical system swicthed on
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Operating Costs (due to electricity use)
•
Maintainance Costs for the machine
replacement
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29. It’s a palliative treatment and
not a real solution to the
moisture problem.
The moisture continues being
present inside the wall and
rising from the ground.
The macro-pores of the
plaster will be blocked up by
the salts so much that plaster
will be damaged.
HUMID WALL
“Anti–Moisture” Plaster
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30. Building with insulating anti-moisture plaster
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31. THE AQUAPOL TECHNOLOGY
PATENTED IN 1985
WITH MORE THAN 49.000
INSTALLATIONS IN EUROPE
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32. THE AQUAPOL SOLUTION
MEANS:
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No chemical injections
No wall cut
No electricity (elettrosmog)
No Batteries
No maintainance costs
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34. The magnetic earth field represents one of the illimitate sources of energy
available 24h./24h.
The compass measures the magnetic
field of earth
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35. .
Nikola Tesla is
considered one of
the most important
scientists and
inventors of the
history, having
worked on the free
energy subject.
What is the “tesla” ?
It is the measurement unit
of the magnetic field (T).
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36. Energy can distract water without direct contact
This is not an
electromagnetic field, as the
expert will easily discern.
It is an electrostatic
phenomenon: at school we
used to attract small pieces
of a blotter with a charged
ruler.
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37. Aquapol Device Structure
Schematic drawing of the Aquapol device:
1) Receiver
2) Polarisation unit
3) Transmitters
1.
The receiver, a flat coiled spiral, is located in the lower part
of the device. It absorbs a natural earth field with
gravomagnetic characteristics.
2.
The polarisation unit consists of a cylindrical coil with
selective receiver and transmitter characteristics. This part
of the device polarises the received gravo-magnetic waves
stably in a clockwise manner.
3.
The transmitter consists of three circular transmitter coils
(cylinder air-core coil design), each shifted by 120 degrees.
This transmitter sends the clockwise polarised power field
downward into the so-called active area.
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38. It needs one device to dry out all the house
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41. Phisical attractive forces exist between construction molecules and water molecules
The wetting effect
causes moisture
to rise from the
ground in the
majority of capillary
construction
materials,
because attraction
forces exist between
the molecules of
construction material
and water molecules.
Water
molecule
Construction
Molecule
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42. High-frequency magnetic fields weaken adhesive forces
Certain high- frequency
magnetic fields weaken
adhesive forces and
cause moisture to
move downward.
Capillary height is
reduced as a result
thereof.
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43. Certificate: Kaplan Medal
The Austrian State assigned in
May 1995 to the Ing. Mohorn the
top national award as one of the
best austrian scientist-inventor.

44. Certificate: EURAFEM
The European Building Committee
in Monaco (Germany) has
proved, after different tests:
1) The efficacy of Aquapol
technology
2) the real existence of
Aquapol’s drying phisical
effect on damp walls

45. Certificate: TUV Austria

46. Other Certificates
Innovation Prize 1995
Prize Gold Medal 2001
Honorary Prize

47. Certificate: RECAM Prize
Prize“RECAM” for the Innovation e the Eco-friendly technic for Cultural Heritage
Assigned by a technic Committee of:
- University IUAV of VENICE
- VENETO’s Bio-ARCHITECTS Association

48. EXPERTISES: Aquapol installed in Rome in the Churches of
Santa Maria in Trastevere e Santa Margherita
THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF
CULTURAL
HERITAGE in Rome
check the drying process
in two of the oldest
roman empire churches
and presents the results
at the International
Conference Art 2011in
FLORENCE

49. Aquapol is present in the Italian National Public
Works Office

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51. List of the Aquapol Services
The complete dry out guaranteed Aquapol service includes:
1. Wall Diagnosis before the installation;
2. Aquapol Installation;
3. Wall Diagnosis ad assistance till the dry out process is
completed;
4. Technical Advices on the Accompany actions and
renovation measurements to undertake;
5. Result Guarantee;
6. 20 year working guarantee on the device.
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52. Device Working Test
Wall Electrical Potential
before the installation
In the example = – 202 mV

53. Device Working Test
Electrical Potential
After installation
Example = 8 mV
Dopo un’ora

54. Diagnosis: wall samples
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55. Diagnosis: damp calculation
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56. Diagnosis: moisture values are recorded in protocols
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57. Diagnosis: salts analysis
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59. Villa Cordellina – Montecchio - Vi
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60. Villa Cordellina Montecchio - Vi
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61. Abbazia S. Agostino - VICENZA
Data dell’installazione del Sistema Aquapol
contro l’umidità di risalita: 12/10/2010
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62. Fortress Monte Ricco in Pieve di Cadore (BL)
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63. CHURCH Maestre di S. Dorotea a Cittadella - PD
Before
After
Progettista e Responsabile Lavori: Ing. Luigi Beltrame
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65. Aquapol Installation
in Villa Mattiazzo a Campodarsego (PD)
Done the 29/05/2009
Building Company : OMETTO COSTRUZIONI Srl
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66. Church of
San Michele
In Montegaldella
Vicenza
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67. Pastoral house in Cartura – PD
DRY OUT!
15-JUNE-09
BEFORE
AFTER
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68. Installazione del sistema Aquapol – 28-06-07
a POZZETTO DI CITTADELLA – PD
Sig. Lorenzin
PRIMA
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69. MILANO, 1700 VILLA BORROMEO
MILANO, 1500 COURTYARD
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70. CUNEO FARM HOUSE
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71. MANTOVA FONDAZIONE TURENNE CAVRIANA
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72. GROSSETO CASTLE “COLLE MASSARI”
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73. ROVATO MONASTERY
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74. BERGAMO SHOP IN THE CITY
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75. CHURCH DEL BOSCO, IMBERSAGO
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77. DESENZANO DEL GARDA VILLA
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78. Termoli Duomo – Termoli - CB
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79. MUNICIPALITY of Calvisano – BS
20 march 2008
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80. Villa Medeghini – Molinetto di Mazzano (BS)
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81. Hotel Villa Sofia – Gardone Riviera (Bs)
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82. CASTLE Wolfsthurn
Museo Provinciale della Caccia e della Pesca in Alto Adige
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83. Private House
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87. Monastery Clarisse di Bressanone – BZ - 8 settembre - anno 2005
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88. Palazzo Vescovile – CARPI - MO
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90. LIST OF SOME INSTALLATIONS IN ITALY
Nome
Località
Prov
•Chiesa S.Maria Assunta Opi
AQ
•Albergo Abitarchi S.r.l Monopoli BA
•Cappella S.Giovanni Monopoli
BA
•DIAPASON (Palmieri Francesco) Monopoli
BA
•Ristorante Cipolla Rossa Acquaviva delle Fonti BA
•Abitazione SAMBAK Armando Conversano BA
•Convento Suore Crocefisse Adoratrici dell’ Eucarestia
Monopoli BA
•Abitazione Andreoli Bergamo BG
•Arti Grafiche MARIANI MONTI Bergamo BG
•Abitazione Carissimi Daniela Osio Sotto BG
•Abitazione GastoldiI Mario Seriate BG
•Impr. FRATUS Costruzioni Martinengo BG
•True Type Bergamo BG
•Abitazione Boggio Maurizio Biella BI
•Chiesa di Crosa Biella BI
Nome
Località
Prov
•Casa Dott. Luca Natalini Bologna BO
•Parrocchia S.Antonio D'Abate Fasano BR
•S.Maria Madre della Chiesa Brindisi BR
•Chiesa San Domenico Mura BS
•Abitazione Cocca Giovanni Gavardo BS
•Abitazione Giacomazzi Graziano Calvisano BS
•Nuova U.T.M.A. (Ass. Louis Turenne) Cavriana fraz.
S. Casciano MN
•Abitazione Pedrotti Mario Manerba del Garda BS
•PIERRE Studio S.Paolo BS
•Santuario Della Madonna della Neve Auro Briale
Comero BS
•Chiesa di Vaglio Pettinengo Biella BI
•Abitazione Signor Pezzetta Mel BL
•Forte di Monte Ricco di Pieve di Cadore BL

91. LIST OF SOME INSTALLATIONS IN ITALY 2
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Abitazione Stefani Domenico Polpenazze del Garda
BS
Abitazione Vallio Tamara San Felice del Garda BS
Palazzo Comunale di Calvisano Calvisano BS
Villa Medeghini Molinetto di Mazzano BS
Santuario Madonna del Rio a Salò Salò BS
Villa Sofia a Gardone Riviera Gardone Riviera BS
Abitazione Alber Johann Silandro BZ
Caserna dei Carabinieri Colle Isarco BZ
Castel Wolfsthurn Racines BZ
Comune Badia Badia BZ
Comune di Campo Tures Campo Tures BZ
Convento Clarisse di Bressanone Bressanone BZ
Hotel Jagdhof**** Dolce Vita Laces BZ
Casa Holzer Feichter Paul Molini di Campo Tures BZ
Parrocchia di Tirolo Tirolo/Merano BZ
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Abitazione Fill Elisabeth Gargazzone BZ
Abitazione Frenner Giacomo San Leonardo in Badia
BZ
Abitazione Frick Karl Vipiteno BZ
Abitazione Gamper Johann Lagundo BZ
Abitazione Garavelli Margot Zingerle Brunico BZ
Casa Hopfgartner Dr. Albert Gais BZ
Hotel Ciasa Tamà*** La Villa BZ
Hotel Lech da Sompunt sas *** Pedraces BZ
Hotel Schönblick**** Riscone BZ
Abitazione Leiter Norbert Campo Tures BZ
Abitazione Margraf Karl Merano BZ
Abitazione Mohr Heinrich Appiano BZ
Abitazione Negra Renzo San Lorenzo di Sebato BZ
Abitazione Nestl Anna Val di Vizze-Prato BZ
Parrocchia di Malles Malles BZ

92. LIST OF SOME INSTALLATIONS IN ITALY 3
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Parrocchia di Villa Bassa Val Pusteria BZ
Pensione Martha di Zeni Claudio & Co sas Postal BZ
Casa Plattner Hermann Colle Isarco BZ
Casa Prenn Josef Campo Tures BZ
Casa Rainer Franz Brennero BZ
Casa Renzler Josef Rasan di Sotto BZ
Casa Schenk Adolf Selva di Val Gardena BZ
Casa Schönegger Eduard San Candido BZ
Casa Seebacher Anton Caldaro BZ
Casa Trippacher Otto Brunico BZ
Casa Trojer Herbert San Candido BZ
Casa Tschuggel Dr. Sebastian Collalbo - Renon BZ
Casa Vinatzer Evelin Santa Christina BZ
Casa Voggler Franz Josef Molini di Campo Tures BZ
Casa Zangerle Reinhard Oris – Lasa BZ
Parrocchia S. Giovanni Tirolo/Merano BZ
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Parrocchia Vipiteno Vipiteno BZ
Parrocchia S. Lorenzo Rasen BZ
Diocesi Bolzano-Bressanone S. Michele Appiano
BZ
Parrocchia Antermoia Badia Antermoia BZ
Cattedrale di Termoli Termoli CB
Chiesa S.Giorgio Martire Civitacampomarano CB
Diocesi Larino - Termoli Larino CB
Parrocchia S.Matteo Montenero di Bisaccia CB
Parrocchia S.Nicola Bonefro CB
Ristonte Villa delle Rose Termoli CB
S.Maria della salute Castelmauro CB
Chiesa S.lorenzo Curcumello CH
Chiesa di SS Loreto Vallelunga Pratameno CL
Bono Annamaria Cuneo CN
Chiesa di Guarene d’Alba Alba CN
Casa Imbimbo Enrico Alba CN

93. LIST OF SOME INSTALLATIONS IN ITALY 4
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Chiesa di Villa Raimondi Fino Mornasco CO
A.s.l. di Cosenza Cosenza CS
Parrocchia S.Maria Della Sanità Cosenza CS
Santuario S. Michele Serrastretta CS
Palazzo della Prefettura di Catanzaro Prov. di CZ
Catanzaro CZ
• Monastero San Michele Arcangelo Curia LameziaSerrastretta Serrastretta CZ
• Biblioteca Diocesana c/o Palazzo Arcidiocesi FoggiaBovino Foggia FG
• Chiesa del Carmine Lucera FG
• Chiesa S.Maria della Miseric. Foggia FG
• Comune di Cerignola Ex Opera Pia Montefornari
Cerignola FG
Comune Roseto Valfortore Roseto Valfortore FG
Parrocchia di Lastebasse-Ponte Poste Laste Basse VI
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Parrocchia SS.Redentore Manfredonia FG
Parrocchia Stella Maris Manfredonia FG
Seminario Vescovile di Lucera Lucera FG
Casa Pessina Mobili Bordighera IM
Casa Rossi Gabriella Imperia IM
Comune di Ugento Ugento LE
Villa Borromeo Vimercate MI
Corte Rustica del Conte Borromeo del 1400
Vimercate MI
Centro Benessere One-Fit Monza MI
Diocesi di Carpi - Palazzo Vescovile Carpi MO
Parrocchia di Torre Maina - Maranello - MO
Immobile in V. F. Cavallotti a Carpi - MO
Chiesa di Momo Novara NO
Parrocchia di Maria Vergine Momo NO
Badia Detto Ex Monastero (da Comune di Chiusa
Sclafani) Chiusa Sclafani PA

94. LIST OF SOME INSTALLATIONS IN ITALY 5
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Chiesa della Magione (Ist.Univ.Ricerche) Palermo
PA
Chiesa di San Giovanni Napoletani Palermo PA
Palazzo Petrulla Palermo PA
Palazzo Testa Palermo PA
Parrocchia S.Maria Assunta Cartura PD
Parrocchia S. Fidenzio Megliadino San Fidenzio PD
Abitazione Lorenzin Emanuele Cittadella PD
Abitazione dell'Impresario Geom. Paolo Conte
Cittadella PD
Congregazione Serve di Maria Ravenna RA
Palazzo Salducci - Comune di Cervia Cervia RA
Casa Mazza Gianandrea
Roma Roma
S.Maria in Trastevere (Installazione Test a cura
dell'ICR) Roma - Roma
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Chiesa di Rocca Forzata Rocca Forzata TA
Abitazione Faccenda Fabrizio Lavis TN
Consorzio Destra Piave Treviso TV
Casa Trevisan Loris Martignacco UD
Geom. Lombardi Pierangelo Saronno VA
Casa Rotondi Romano Gorla Minore VA
Casa Zanella Sergio Sesto Calende fraz. Lentate VA
Seminario Arcivescovile di Vercelli Vercelli VC
Abitazione Verardo Pietro Venezia VE
Abitazione Luciano Pasini Mestre VE
Villa Cordellina Montecchio Maggiore VI
Chiesa S.Michele Arcangelo di Montegaldella
Montegaldella VI
Canonica di S.Michele Arcangelo di Montegaldella
Monastero della Dormizione Roma - Roma
Immobile in Fiesso Umbertiano - RO
Chiesa di Colle di Val D’Elsa (Siena Colle Val D'Elsa SI

95. Seminars in Italy
Seminar in Montagna (PD) 2007

96. International Meeting in Austria
Ing. W. Mohorn
Fondatore
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97. Seminars in Italy
Aquapol Seminar – 1 Oct. 2008
In the Building surveyor’s
Institution in Vicenza
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98. Seminars in Italy
in collaborazione e con il patrocinio di:
Collegio
Geometri
Collegio
Geometri
&
Geometri
Laureati
Seminar in Modena
29 April 2009
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99. Seminars in Italy
Convegno-Seminario Formativo a Padova
sull'Umidità di Risalita
Ing. W. Mohorn
Ospite in Italia
con il patrocinio: dell'Istituto Nazionale di
Bioarchitettura Sezione di Padova e Vicenza
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100. Seminars in Italy
Seminario “RISANAMENTO DEFINITIVO DELLE
MURATURE CON PATOLOGIA DI UMIDITA' DI
RISALITA” a Udine
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101. Fairs in Italy
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102. Fairs in Italy
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