The IHBC has issued an new update of the Guidance Note on ‘Retrofitting of Traditional Buildings’, free on our online ToolBox, supporting our 2023 Swansea School programme on ‘Climate Change and the Historic Environment’.
Note author and IHBC Technical Panel lead John Edwards said: ‘We understand that climate change is the biggest issue ever. Though it will take more than making buildings more energy efficient to address it, our contribution to this launch was to illustrate the IHBC’s holistic approach to energy efficient building retrofit.’
‘This is a conscious response to some of the more blinkered approaches to the retrofitting of buildings, remembering that we all have a responsibility to promote good practice, and should take every opportunity to do so.’
John Edwards writes in Retrofitting of Traditional Buildings’:
Buildings are and will continue to be under pressure to be made more energy efficient and whilst this is sensible, experience to date suggests that risks of unintended consequences are common. Retrofit is also required to mitigate the effects of climate change.
This guidance, which also covers other energy efficiency improvement work in addition to retrofit, intends to provide an outline on the most appropriate approach, which is a holistic one. It also provides comment on competencies and new publications by the British Standards Institution (BSI) on retrofit.
See the updated IHBC ToolBox Guidance Note on ‘Retrofitting of Traditional Buildings’
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See more on the IHBC’s 2023 Swansea Annual School, on Climate Change and the Historic Environment: Resilience and Performance, which explores technical aspects of conservation, at IHBCSwansea2023
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