Building maintenance has long been an established part of building conservation work, but through maintenance and small, benign changes, significant improvements to a building’s energy performance and carbon emissions can be achieved while preserving the building’s cultural value in a …
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 …
This case study focuses on the decision-making process during the project's design phase to repair and reuse Keelmen’s Hospital to accommodate affordable flats. It demonstrates how energy efficiency and decarbonisation goals can be balanced with the protection and enhancement of …
Developing a Decarbonisation Plan is a comprehensive guidance resource from Historic England that supports cultural and heritage organisations in planning the transition to net zero while safeguarding historic buildings. The resource includes practical guidance, templates, case studies, factsheets, and webinars …
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 Decarbonizing the Built Environment Through Heritage Toolkit supports education, advocacy, and policymaking on heritage-informed decarbonization from the global to the local scale. Heritage-informed decarbonization is summarized through five principles applicable to global-, urban- and community-level climate change mitigation efforts. …
Agenda: Welcome,by Franziska Haas (ICOMOS ISCES ex-President) Presentationof FuturHist, by Daniel Herrera (FuturHist Project Coordinator) Briefintroduction to Spara og Bevara, by Tor Broström (ICOMOS ISCES President) Presentationof the Hub, by Philipp Hesse (ICOMOS ISCES Secretary General) Feedbackand discussion
Dr James Ritson at the Conference “European Heritage Homes in Climate Policies and Action”
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