We want to hear from you! NCPTT is looking for your input to develop a prioritized list of topics that would help focus sustainability related research efforts across the preservation community.
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Technical Preservation Services of the National Park Service has released a set of illustrated guidelines to help improve the energy efficiency of historic buildings while preserving their historic character.
The Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings offer practical advice to building owners, developers, and preservation practitioners, showing recommended – and not recommended – approaches [...]
The University of Vermont Historic Preservation Program will host a one-day symposium, Modernist Architecture Comes of Age: Preservation Meets Sustainability, on Friday, June 25, 2010 in Burlington, Vermont. Speakers will explore the preservation of historic modernist buildings and how to rehabilitate them to be sustainable and functional in the 21st century.
Keynote Speaker:
Christine Madrid French
Director, Modernism + [...]
Cornell University’s Historic Preservation Planning Program will offer two courses, Preservation and Sustainability and Preserving Stein Communities, from 21 to 22 May at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York City:
Preservation and Sustainability addresses energy- and resource-conscious design at both building and neighborhood scales through the strategies, tools and ethos of historic preservation. Topics [...]
For the past several years, NCPTT’s Architecture and Engineering program has been working to understand the potential impact of climate change on cultural resources and conversely, the impact of cultural resources on climate change. Working with a variety of partners, the National Center has promoted historic preservation as an important component of sustainable development. Conservation of our existing built environment includes reusing historic and older buildings, improving their energy and environmental performance, and reinvesting in older and historic communities.
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NCPTT’s Andrew Ferrell and Kirk Cordell served as guest instructors for the University of Florida’s Preservation Institute: Nantucket. They lectured on the role NCPTT plays in facilitating research and training in innovative technologies for historic preservation.
Particular topics included NCPTT’s grants program, sustainable preservation, preservation trades training, and disaster response and planning for cultural resources.
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This past November the Friends of NCPTT and the National Trust for Historic Preservation convened a small group of experts to discuss historic preservation and environmental sustainability.
After two days of intense discussions, the group developed the core of the Pocantico Proclamation on Sustainability and Historic Preservation. While a good starting point to further discussion on sustainability of the built environment, we ask that you review the Pocantico Proclamation and add your comments. Input from the broader preservation community is critical. We appreciate your participation.
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Dr. George Skarmeas will speak on the topic of preservation and sustainability with case studies on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at 5:00PM at LSU, Baton Rouge, Design Building Auditorium, Room 103.
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NCPTT workshop examines environmental adaptation in the built environment
Read more →Andy Ferrell participated in a panel discussion on “The Future of Preservation” on April 26 at the Louisiana Preservation Conference in Thibodaux, La.
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