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IHBC CLIMATE CHANGE HUB & KNOWLEDGE BASE

Raising awareness and understanding of how conservation philosophy and practice
contributes towards meeting the challenge of climate change, while reducing
threats and damage from poor practice. Help us keep the Hub up to date by
suggesting practice examples and case studies.

BRIEFING NOTE

Updated March 2024

Introduction

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) recognises that climate
change is a fundamental global threat that demands appropriate responses from
all who have the ability to influence change. The IHBC furthermore considers
that conservation of the historic built environment is an essential component of
the response to the threat posed by climate change and long-term planning for
sustainable development.

Several of the Institute’s Panels are regularly involved in discussing and
consulting on issues pertaining to sustainability, climate change, retrofit, and
more, including the Green Panel and Technical Panel. The IHBC is also members
and active participants of Fit for the Future (FftF) and the Climate Heritage
Network (CHN).

The Climate Change Hub stands as an access point and reference for the IHBC’s
development of guidance, major events, policy positions, and more. It is an
evolving resource which we aim to update regularly.


Free Webinars on BSI PAS-2035 & PAS-2038

The IHBC has hosted online, free webinars providing an overview of the BSI
standards PAS-2035 Retrofitting dwellings for improved energy efficiency and
PAS-2038 Retrofitting non-domestic buildings for improved energy efficiency.
Both webinars were presented by IHBC Technical Panel Chair, Prof John Edwards,
who led in the development of BS 7913 and has been a member the panels producing
PAS 2030, PAS 2035 and PAS 2038. He developed the first 2 Day course in the
Retrofit of Traditional Buildings in 2015 achieving the Level 3 Award
qualification required by PAS 2035 and PAS 2038 and has been delivering it ever
since. He has been involved in retrofit projects for over 30 years.



Buildings and Climate Global Forum

The IHBC has attended the Buildings and Climate Global Forum in the Palais des
Congrès, Paris, France 7-8 March 2024. Hosted by the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) and the French Government, the Forum brought together ministers
and high-level representatives of key organisations in an effort to spur the
decarbonisation and resilience of the buildings sector. The event was the first
of its kind and followed up on progress made at the recent United Nations
Climate Change Conference (COP28). The IHBC helped to bring key messages to a
global stage that 'building reuse is climate action' and 'scaling up traditional
building knowledge is climate action.'



IHBC@COP26

In the runup to the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in the autumn of 2021,
the IHBC endeavoured to promote the concept that Conserving our Places Conserves
our Planet. As part of the wide-ranging ‘fringe’ series we successfully
delivered a mix of live and pre-recorded content, exclusively digital, allowing
us to be ‘present’ and personally engaging for a good part of the fortnight-long
conference. It also allowed us to present pre-recorded content, in the form of a
podcast, enabling our audience to hear from a broad range of sector experts
about both what an enormous challenge climate change really is to the built
environment, as well as to highlight the many ways conservation philosophy and
practice might, and indeed often already do, offer opportunities to address
those challenges. For further references, see the IHBC@COP26 Podcasts,
subsequent briefing note, and IHBC Position Statement on sustainability.


Conservation, People, and Places APPG – The Value of Heritage

The Conservation, Places and People APPG was established to
champion efforts to use the conservation and regeneration of the historic
environment to help deliver thriving and sustainable communities. To that end,
its inaugural report The Value of Heritage drew from a range of evidence to
propose several recommendations, including reducing the VAT for repairs and
refurbishment of existing buildings, a presumption against demolition and
redevelopment in the Planning system, and more. The report was launched at the
House of Commons 1 December 2022.


Annual School 2023 Swansea – Climate Change and the Historic Environment:
Resilience and Performance

Having taken place 21-24 June 2023, the IHBC’s Annual School in Swansea was a
full exploration of the issues around adapting historic places for reduced
energy consumption and carbon emissions as well as for the effects of climate
change. Consisting of lectures, networking, practical skill-shares, tours of
on-site case studies, and an awards celebration it was one of the most
technically ambitious annual schools yet. Topics explored include complying with
standards, energy management, retrofit, fuel poverty and traditional buildings,
energy targets, protected buildings and the climate emergency, and more.


Conclusion

The IHBC is committed to meeting the challenges of climate change, encouraging
the principles and practice of built environment conservation as a key enabler
for our communities to become more sustainable and more resilient. We hope this
hub provides helpful references for all those concerned with the conservation
and sustainability of the built environment. For any suggestions on how we can
improve this service, contact Michael Netter, IHBC Professional Services
Officer, at services@ihbc.org.uk.
 


GUIDES, STANDARDS AND LINKS

BS7913 – Guide to the Conservation of Historic Buildings

IHBC Position Statement – Sustainability and Conservation of the Historic Built
Environment

IHBC Guidance Note – Retrofitting of Traditional Buildings

IHBC Guidance Note – Climate Change and Older Buildings – Key Sources

IHBC NewsBlogs – Recent news and happenings around climate change

BS EN 16883:2017 Conservation of cultural heritage. Guidelines for improving the
energy performance of historic buildings

PAS 2035/2030 – Retrofitting Dwellings for Improved Energy Efficiency

PAS 2038 – Retrofitting Non-Domestic Buildings for Improved Energy Efficiency

Principles of Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment in the UK – IHBC, IEMA, and
CiFA

The European Interreg Alpine Space project “ATLAS” – Historic Building Energy
Retrofit Atlas (HiBERatlas) and Historic Building Energy Retrofit Tool
(HiBERtool)

Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA) – Knowledge Centre, Guidance
Wheel, From Retrofit to Regeneration, Natural Insulation Materials in Retrofit,
A Bristolian’s guide to Solid Wall Insulation

Conservation Wiki on Designing Buildings Wiki

Edge Debate 135 – Heritage & Net Zero: A wicked problem?

Cadw – Climate Change: Advice and Support

Historic England – Climate Change: Mitigation, Adaptation and Energy Measures

Historic Environment Scotland – Climate Action and the Historic Environment

Government of Ireland DHLGH – Improving Energy Efficiency in Traditional
Buildings

Historic Environment Forum – Heritage responds – Taking positive action on
climate change

SPAB Knowledge Base – Energy Efficiency

The Pebble Trust – Sustainable Renovation Guide

City of London – Heritage Building Retrofit Toolkit

Chartered Institute of Building – Technical Information Sheet: Retrofit of
Buildings

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors – Residential Retrofit Standard

Grosvenor, Peabody, Historic England, The National Trust, and The Crown Estate –
Heritage and Carbon: Addressing the Skills Gap

Climate Heritage Network – Bringing the power of arts, culture, and heritage to
climate action

National Trust – A Climate for Change: Adaptation and the National Trust

Fit for the Future – Fit for the Future is an environmental sustainability
network, facilitating knowledge-sharing and collaboration across organisations
and sectors so that they can achieve the rapid and far-reaching changes needed
to decarbonise, adapt to climate change and drive positive environmental
impacts.


BUILDINGS AND CLIMATE GLOBAL FORUM

The Forum sought to spur the decarbonisation and resilience of the building
sector.

Find out more


APPLYING BSI’S PAS 2038 RETROFIT OF HERITAGE & TRADITIONAL NON-DOMESTIC
BUILDINGS

This webinar, available on IHBC’s YouTube channel, provides an overview of BSI
PAS 2038 – Retrofitting non-domestic buildings for improved energy efficiency.


Find out more


APPLYING BSI’S PAS 2035:2023 IN RETROFITTING TRADITIONAL AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS

This webinar, available on IHBC’s YouTube channel, provides an overview of the
updated for 2023 BSI PAS 2035 – Retrofitting dwellings for improved energy
efficiency.

Find out more


ANNUAL SCHOOL 2023: SWANSEA

Climate Change and the Historic Environment: Resilience and Performance

Find out more


IHBC@COP26 PODCAST

10 Episodes which feature sectoral experts sharing their expertise, experience,
and views on what’s being done now and what’s to come

Find out more


CONSERVATION, PEOPLE AND PLACES APPG – THE VALUE OF HERITAGE

The Conservation, Places and People APPG was established to champion efforts to
use the conservation and regeneration of the historic environment to help
deliver thriving and sustainable communities.

Find out more

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