Energy efficiency and historic buildings

Content......Page 2
Summary......Page 3
WHAT ARE BUILDING REGULATIONS?......Page 5
OTHER BUILDING REGULATIONS THAT MAY BE RELEVANT......Page 6
ADDITIONAL ENGLISH HERITAGE GUIDANCE......Page 7
SUSTAINABILITY AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS......Page 8
CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2008......Page 9
THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS DIRECTIVE......Page 10
WHAT TRIGGERS THE PART L REQUIREMENTS?......Page 11
PART L STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS......Page 12
WAYS OF COMPLYING WITH PART L......Page 13
BUILDINGS WHICH ARE ‘EXEMPT’ FROM THE REQUIREMENTS......Page 15
SCHEDULED ANCIENT MONUMENTS......Page 16
BUILDINGS IN NATIONAL PARKS AND OTHER HISTORIC AREAS......Page 17
TRADITIONALLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS......Page 18
NEW EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS......Page 19
‘EXEMPTIONS’ AND ‘SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS’......Page 20
PLACES OF WORSHIP......Page 21
SENSITIVITY OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS......Page 23
ASSESSMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE......Page 25
PRINCIPLES OF ALTERATION......Page 26
MAINTENANCE......Page 28
UNDERSTANDING THE BUILDING AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM......Page 29
MOST HISTORIC BUILDINGS NEED TO BREATHE......Page 30
MOISTURE BARRIERS......Page 34
THERMAL BRIDGING......Page 36
MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY......Page 37
ESTABLISHING EXISTING PERFORMANCE......Page 39
THE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY CONSULTATION......Page 41
HEATING STRATEGIES......Page 42
REMOVAL OF DAMAGING ALTERATIONS......Page 43
BENIGN ENHANCEMENT – BUILDING ‘NEUTRAL’ WORKS......Page 44
DRAUGHT-PROOFING......Page 45
STAGE ONE......Page 46
ENERGY SOURCES: MICRO-GENERATION......Page 47
U-VALUE CALCULATIONS......Page 48
COMPUTER MODELLING......Page 49
THE IMPORTANCE OF WINDOWS IN OLDER BUILDINGS......Page 51
VENTILATING AND DRAUGHT-PROOFING......Page 52
IMPROVING WINDOW INSULATION......Page 53
WINDOWS RESEARCH......Page 54
EXTERNAL APPEARANCE......Page 55
THE IMPORTANCE OF PERMEABILITY......Page 56
IMPROVING INSULATION EXTERNALLY......Page 57
IMPROVING INSULATION INTERNALLY......Page 58
SOLID FLOORS......Page 59
ROOF STRUCTURE......Page 60
PITCHED ROOFS WITH VENTILATED ROOF SPACES......Page 61
FLAT ROOFS WITH VENTILATED COLD DECKS......Page 62
ROOFING MATERIALS AND DETAILS......Page 63
SIGNIFICANCE......Page 64
HISTORIC BUILDINGS......Page 65
TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS......Page 66
INTERNATIONAL......Page 67
UK GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AND WEBSITES......Page 68
English Heritage Regional Offices......Page 70