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HTVF – Climate Change and Historic Places #1
14 January 2021 - 12:00 - 14:00
£25The first of a two related webinars, this event will look at the close relationship between managing historic places and climate change.
To-date 300 out of the 404 district, county, unitary and metropolitan councils in the UK have declared a Climate Emergency, and are looking at what ‘net zero’ emissions by 2030 or 2050 means for their strategic policies and day-to-day actions. At the same time, the heritage sector has a new call for action: Heritage Declares.
While the inherent sustainability of re-using existing buildings is well-known, how persuasive are we at arguing for their retention in energy terms, or the microclimate of their settings?
How to balance adapting historic places to be more environmentally-responsible, whilst not harming their historic character, is a key challenge.
With low and zero-carbon strategies becoming increasingly important to places and organisations, what are the kind of actions that can be taken – large and small? What role can communities play when setting their own agendas for neighbourhood plans or rescuing historic buildings?
This seminar will address these issues, for professional and communities alike, and will explore the principles of the Heritage Declares charter (https://www.heritagedeclares.org/) below:
1. Be a platform for change
2. Shift conservation priorities
3. Build and share the evidence
4. Conserve embodied resources
5. Plan for sustainability
6. Rethink heritage tourism
7. Empower practitioners
8. Protect skills and materials
9. Detoxify conservation practice
10. Pursue ethical finance.
PROGRAMME: Part 1: Thursday 14th January 2021, 12-2pm
Welcome, Louise Thomas, HTVF Director
Introduction, Helen Ensor, Director, Donald Insall Associates
Heritage Declares: the heritage sector vs. the climate and ecological emergency, David Garrard, co-founder of Heritage Declares and Senior Lecturer in Historic Conservation, Oxford Brookes University
Understanding embodied energy: Richmond House, Whitehall, Mark Hines, Director, Mark Hines architects
Retrofitting older buildings for energy efficiency and sustainability, Nigel Griffiths, Director, Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance
Low carbon strategies for historic buildings and areas, Julie Godefroy, Director, Julie Godefroy Sustainability