Built heritage around the world demonstrates a range of proven, measurable, and largely underrecognized decarbonization solutions. This presentation will share principles, case studies, and key policy levers from the Decarbonizing the Built Environment through Heritage initiative and present how built …
The presentation highlights current trends and strategies for cultural heritage and historic buildings in climate policies within UNFCCC and UNESCO processes from the perspective of ICOMOS contributions. The author argues for the importance of implementation pathways and mechanisms that move …
The presentation will be about the role of the EU`s policies in responding to the different threats of climate change and how they affect cultural heritage, what kind of technologies are available to tackle the challenges highlighted by examples from …
Europe’s green transition must build upon its cultural foundations. Europe’s path toward climate neutrality must be one that values its past as much as its future. Historic buildings are living witnesses of our shared heritage, identity, and craftsmanship – yet …
Historic England Webinar Recordings provides free access to an extensive archive of recorded webinars covering a wide range of topics related to cultural heritage conservation and management. The collection includes expert presentations on building conservation, climate adaptation, energy efficiency, heritage …
The Knowledge HUB, developed by ICOMOS as part of the EU-funded FuturHist project, is a digital repository dedicated to sharing resources on energy retrofit solutions compatible with the conservation of historic buildings. It brings together key materials (including literature, legislation, …
The video provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of Deliverable D1.1, developed by ICOMOS as part of the FuturHist project, with a specific focus on the barrier analysis in the energy retrofitting of historic buildings. It presents the key findings, …
The first episode of the FuturHist webinar series, “Future-Proofing Historic Buildings for the Clean Energy Transition: Dialogues with FuturHist & HeriTACE", co-produced with the HeriTACE project, was launched on October 15, 2025. The episode focused on the topic: "From Case …
The first episode of the FuturHist webinar series, “From Heritage to Energy Transition with FuturHist & INTBAU. Passive and Active Solutions for Historic Buildings”, co-produced with the INTBAU, was held on March 17, 2026. This session focused on the topic: …
The second episode of the FuturHist webinar series, “From Heritage to Energy Transition with FuturHist & INTBAU. Passive and Active Solutions for Historic Buildings”, co-produced with the INTBAU and sister project HeriTACE, was held on March 24, 2026. This session …
Lori Ferriss at the Conference “European Heritage Homes in Climate Policies and Action”
Ave Paulus at the Conference “European Heritage Homes in Climate Policies and Action”
Johanna Leissner at the Conference “European Heritage Homes in Climate Policies and Action”
Recording of the conference
Summarising Barrier analysis: Identifying views on hindrances to the retrofitting of historic buildings