Task 59 Renovating Historic Buildings Towards Zero Energy Historic buildings make up a considerable part of our building stock
19 JUN SBE Heritage conference calls for papers The SBE conference’s 2021 edition will be held under the title SBE Heritage in Bolzano, Italy, between 14 and 16 April 2021. read more
19 MAY Call for Proposals: SBE21 Heritage The conference will be dedicated to the sustainable improvement of the built heritage, a research area that has grown significantly over the last 10 years... read more
02 MAR How to reduce energy consumption in historic buildings? Historic buildings make up 30 % of the European building stock and account for more than a third of the total energy consumption in the residential sector... read more
27 NOV Touring exhibition shows retrofits in 11 historic buildings In October, Vienna became the first venue for the new touring exhibition Historic Buildings Energy Retrofit Atlas. At the European Congress on the Use,... read more
14 AUG Publication: Impact of climate change on indoor environment of historic libraries in Mediterranean climate zone NZEB Project Partners at the Izmir Institute of Technology have recently had an article published in the International Journal of Global Warming. It describes... read more
09 AUG Appropriate refurbishment of traditional buildings Historic Environment Scotland have agreed a partnership with the UK Government’s Energy Saving Trust (EST) in Edinburgh to assist in the dissemination... read more
09 AUG Collaboration on advising landowners and farms on energy efficient upgrades to traditional rural cottages in Scotland Historic Environment Scotland are working with Scottish Land and Estates (SLE) to advise landowners and farms on how to upgrade traditional rural cottages... read more