The tool examines the synergies and difficulties of integrating green practices with historic preservation, and offers recommendations for ways in which sustainable standards could be more accommodating for historic and bounded buildings. The approach was used in the Renaissance building of Sant'Alessandro...
The aim of this paper is to examine the potential of energy efficiency in historic buildings and communities, presenting the particularities, barriers and challenges in this context. Recent results from an ongoing European programme titled 'SECHURBA' are assessed, highlighting the work of seven ...
Old buildings that represent and maintain historic values often have poor indoor conditions and energy efficiency. The aim of this work was to evaluate the influence of building structures on airtightness and energy performance of certain historic building types. In this study on-site measurements, ...
This paper aims to investigate the problem of attics conservation or dismantling from historic buildings. The attic, unconsciously inherited and planned with the traditional building techniques, constitutes a precious architectural heritage in the field of historic housing in the whole European patrimony....
Life cycle assessment and historic buildings: energy-efficiency refurbishment versus new construction in NorwayRefurbishment policies for the historic segment of the building stock must be carefully promoted in the process of addressing the transition to a low-emission society to avoid the loss of the ...
English Heritage supports the Government's aims to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings through Part L of the Building Regulations. Many improvements can be carried out, often at a relatively low cost, significantly enhancing the comfort of the building for its users, as well as pr...
How can historic buildings become more energy efficient while conserving their heritage values? A doctoral thesis provides the answer by presenting a new method for combining climate goals and heritage values in historic buildings stocks. Renovate to improveenergy efficiencyofhistoric buildings—and at th...
committee of SHC 2013 under responsibility of PSE AG. Keywords: Historical buildings; Cultural heritage; Energy performance; Solar energy integration; Building renovation; Renewable Energy; 1. Introduction and general framework 1.1. Energy efficiency in historic buildings Historically significant buildings ...
Produced to help prevent conflicts between energy efficiency requirements in Part L of the Building Regulations and the conservation of historic and traditionally constructed buildings. Looks at: background to the legislation; Part L of the Building Regulations and existing buildings; understanding the bu...
Preservation Brief 3: Improving Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings With careful planning, the energy efficiency of historic buildings can be optimized without negatively impacting their historic character and integrity. Me... JE Hensley,A Aguilar - 《National Park Service U.s.department of the In...