Daily Archives: 05/07/2022

Check out IHBC’s Conservation Wiki Home Page: ‘Quick-views’ on IHBC’s NewsBlogs (HEF Resilience Plan), Features (Conserving schools in India) and more

The IHBC’s Conservation Wiki service – offered through a partnership with Designing Buildings (DB), ‘The Construction Wiki’ – offers accessible ‘Quick-view’ summaries of key issues across our Newsblogs and other member information services.

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IHBC Signpost to BEIS: Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator

The Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator is the government-backed service helping social housing providers develop high-quality SHDF bids. image: for illustration purposes only

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB on IHBC’s 25th anniversary MarketPlace and Aberdeen School

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s 25th anniversary 2022 Aberdeen School.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Concern that new homes in Haworth could harm mill site

Building homes next to a listed Haworth mill site will ‘cause harm and destruction’ according to a Conservation Officer, writes The Telegraph and Argus. image: for illustration purposes only – Chris Allen / Ebor Mill, Haworth – Wikimedia Commons

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Owner of GII-listed building hit with £50,000 fine for fitting new windows

The decision by an owner of the Grade II-listed Summerland Lodge in Kent removed sash windows and earned a £50,000 fine in the process. image: for illustration purposes only

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Cadw on ‘How to improve energy efficiency in Historic Buildings in Wales’… ‘for anyone’

The challenge of climate change requires everyone to act, and Cadw has produced guidance for anyone who wants to improve the energy efficiency of a traditional or historic building.

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Delivering Net Zero via UKGBC: Guidance on key considerations for commercial retrofits

UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)has produced a guide to support the significant efforts needed to achieve our net zero ambitions, based on established industry thinking and discussions with built environment professionals. image: for illustration purposes only – London_Skyline_ColinandKim_Hansen_Wikimedia_Commons

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Ecclesiastical: Heritage charities celebrate share of £1million fund

Nine heritage charities have received donations of £1,000 each as part of Ecclesiastical Insurance Group’s ‘Movement for Good’ awards.

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BBC: Eleven Historic English pubs recognised for their interiors

Eleven pubs across England have been recognised for their historic or unusual interiors, as they have been listed, upgraded or relisted. image: for illustration purposes only – Whitelock’s Ale House, Leeds: HE Listing

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Second tranche of pioneering Community-focused pilots for England’s High Streets announced

Five high streets across England have been named Community Improvement Districts (CID) as part of a pioneering new initiative by Power to Change, which backs community business in England that trade for the benefit of local people.

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Traditional croft house in Stornoway crowned Scotland’s Home Of The Year 2022

New Tolsta – a traditional, early 20th century croft house in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis – has been crowned the winner of 2022’s Scotland’s Home of the Year in the finale of the popular BBC Scotland series. image: … Continue reading

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