Building with History: Exploring the Relationship between Heritage and Energy in Institutionally Managed Buildings

Adams, Charlotte; Douglas‐Jones, Rachel; Green, Adrian; Lewis, Quentin; Yarrow, Thomas

doi:10.1179/1756750514z.00000000053

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“…While the need for a CE approach to ARCH is clear, the choice of which environmental indicators should be used as management tools to implement CE, is not. Closing this gap is vital because a lack of awareness and a lack of practical advice are barriers to implementing CE strategies for buildings, particularly ARCH [4,25].…”

Section: "Circular Economy Is a Production And Consumption Process Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

The future of circular environmental impact indicators for cultural heritage buildings in Europe

2020

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Background The European building and construction sector is extremely resource-intensive. This makes the renovation of existing buildings, including the adaptive reuse of cultural heritage buildings (ARCH), important for reducing the materials and energy intensity of the sector. Currently, Europe is embarking on a Circular Economy (CE) strategy that directly affects the environmental indicators for buildings and landscapes, including ARCH. However, there is a misalignment between macro-level European CE policy goals and micro-level renovation and management of existing buildings and ARCH. The analysis shows that macro European Union-level indicators are too narrowly defined to effectively guide the implementation of CE at the micro-project level for ARCH. Results This policy study develops a comprehensive ARCH Circular Environmental Impact Indicator Framework to close this gap by: (1) defining the research question; (2) identifying the causal network; and (3) selecting the best indicators. The study compares Circular Environmental Indicators for ARCH projects to current and developing European management schemes. Best practices in environmental impact assessment at the project level are highlighted for the building and construction sector in Europe. Conclusions The proposed new framework is a comprehensive and suitable list of explicitly circular environmental indicators for ARCH. The framework has immediate practical applications for practitioners and policymakers interested in the CE regime for buildings in Europe.

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Section: "Circular Economy Is a Production And Consumption Process Thmentioning

confidence: 99%

The future of circular environmental impact indicators for cultural heritage buildings in Europe

2020

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“…Explicitly articulated heritage values support a more informed selection process (Lidelöw et al 2019). As Adams et al (2014) pointed out, "by increasing awareness of the historic features of these buildings, specifically as they relate to energy use, it might be possible to engender attitudes that promote more effective use of the infrastructural legacies of the past" (p. 179).…”

Section: Graphical Representation Of Energy Efficiency Targets In Historic Buildingsmentioning

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Deep renovation of historic buildings

Herrera-Avellanosa

Haas

Leijonhufvud

et al. 2019

IJBPA

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Purpose Improving the energy performance of historic buildings has the potential to reduce carbon emissions while protecting built heritage through its continued use. However, implementing energy retrofits in these buildings faces social, economic, and technical barriers. The purpose of this conceptual paper is to present the approach of IEA-SHC Task 59 to address some of these barriers. Design/methodology/approach Task 59 aims to achieve the lowest possible energy demand for historic buildings. This paper proposes a definition for this concept and identifies three key socio-technical barriers to achieving this goal: the decision-makers’ lack of engagement in the renovation of historic buildings, a lack of support during the design process and limited access to proven retrofit solutions. Two methods – dissemination of best-practice and guidelines – are discussed in this paper as critical approaches for addressing the first two barriers. Findings An assessment of existing databases indicates a lack of best-practice examples focused specifically on historic buildings and the need for tailored information describing these case studies. Similarly, an initial evaluation of guidelines highlighted the need for process-oriented guidance and its evaluation in practice. Originality/value This paper provides a novel definition of lowest possible energy demand for historic buildings that is broadly applicable in both practice and research. Both best-practices and guidelines are intended to be widely disseminated throughout the field.

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“…Of course, one of the first aspects to investigate is if (and how) occupants’ comfort perception and behaviour is different in historical buildings. One of the few studies made regarding occupants’ comfort perception in historic buildings, which took into account historic residences in the UK, demonstrated that the awareness of the historic value of the building can affect users’ evaluation of comfort (Charlotte et al ., 2014). Regarding behaviour, Ben and Steemers (2014) found that, in their sample of historic residences, the impact of behavioural change consequent to education activities exceeds the efficacy of physical improvement of the historic fabric.…”

Section: Energy Performances Of Historical Buildingsmentioning

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Historical buildings’ energy conservation potentialities

Spigliantini

Fabi

Schweiker

et al. 2019

IJBPA

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Purpose Today, about 30 per cent of European existing buildings can be entitled as “historical buildings”. Nowadays, their energy retrofit is important to reach the ambitious European CO2 emissions’ reduction objectives. The purpose of this paper is to outline a methodology to investigate the potential energy savings and the enhancement of historical buildings’ liveability by acting only on their operation, so that the building fabric could be maintained as much as possible as the original evidence. Design/methodology/approach The paper describes the framework’s theoretical phases and their application in two real case studies. The methodology was conceived with a pre-test and post-test design approach. Findings The research demonstrated that the elaborated methodology is flexible and allows the adoption of different energy retrofit strategies for the different cases. Research limitations/implications Limitations arise out of the circumstance that the methodology is based on occupants and technicians willingness to engage in the strategies, so it is not possible to quantify its efficacy ex ante. Practical implications Practical implications can be found in the way of addressing energy retrofit strategies through a user-centric approach with minimum impact on the building itself. Social implications At the same time, the methodology has a strong social aspect with its potential to change people’s attitudes towards energy usage and behaviour. Originality/value This study not only represents the first attempt of applying a systematic energy retrofit strategy based on occupants and technicians behavioural change in historic buildings, but also is one of the first studies dedicated to occupants’ comfort and behaviour assessment in this context.

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Building with History: Exploring the Relationship between Heritage and Energy in Institutionally Managed Buildings

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

The future of circular environmental impact indicators for cultural heritage buildings in Europe

The future of circular environmental impact indicators for cultural heritage buildings in Europe

Deep renovation of historic buildings

Historical buildings’ energy conservation potentialities

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