Non-destructive techniques (NDT) for the diagnosis of heritage buildings: Traditional procedures and futures perspectives Tejedor, Blanca Lucchi, Elena Bienvenido Huertas, José David Nardi, Iole Non-destructive techniques (NDT) Heritage buildings Photogrammetry Laser scanning Infrared thermography (IRT) Heat flux meter (HFM) Airtightness measurements Heritage building information modelling (HBIM) Artificial neural networks (ANN) It is estimated that EU cultural heritage (CH) buildings represent 30% of the total existing stock. Nevertheless, all actions in terms of refurbishment need a deep knowledge based on the diagnosis of the built quality. For this reason, the paper aims to provide a comprehensive review about the applicability of non-destructive techniques (NDT) and advanced modelling technologies for the diagnosis of heritage buildings. Considering a time span of two decades (2001–2021), a bibliometric analysis was performed, using data statistics and science mapping. Subsequently, the most relevant studies on this topic were evaluated for each technique. The main findings revealed that: (i) most of studies were conducted on Southern European countries; (ii) 36% of publications were journal papers and only 2% corresponded to reviews; (iii) “photogrammetry” and “laser applications” were identified as consolidated techniques for historic preservation, but they are only linked with HBIM and deep learning; (iv) a significant gap on quantitative NDT was detected and consequently, future researches should be performed to propose a common diagnosis protocol; (v) artificial neural networks have several barriers (i.e. data privacy, network security and quality of datasets). Hence, a holistic approach should be adopted by the European countries. 2024-02-07T13:31:31Z 2024-02-07T13:31:31Z 2022-05-15 journal article Published version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112029 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/88618 10.1016/j.enbuild.2022.112029 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional