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 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. …
The Decarbonizing the Built Environment Through Heritage Atlas— is a sortable repository of examples of heritage-informed decarbonization from around the world. These examples include tools, guidelines, materials, buildings, places, policies, and programs showcasing heritage-informed decarbonization across diverse contexts.
To achieve “zero‐emission” in buildings, “zero demolition”—keeping existing buildings in use—could be promoted to a greater extent. Continuous use can even prove to be beneficial for climate mitigation as well as for conservation of heritage values in the building stock. …
Well considered maintenance and repair work should always be the first step to ensure the longevity of our built heritage. However, it is becoming increasingly important to adapt historic buildings, to make them more resilient to the effects of climate …
As part of the "Drawing the baseline" FuturHist work package, this report presents the results of Task 1.1 focused on the identification of barriers. A survey was conducted to assess the main barriers to energy efficiency in historic buildings. Feedback …
Following the public consultations of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), ICOMOS Europe group formed an Expert Group to follow the implementation of the Directive in European countries and foster the inclusion of heritage sector and heritage aspects in …
This report summarises the work of the ICOMOS Expert Group on the Implementation of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in the Built Heritage Sector, established in 2023 to evaluate the impact of the EPBD recast on Europe’s historic …
Johanna Leissner at the Conference “European Heritage Homes in Climate Policies and Action”
Recording of the conference