Case study buildings

Criteria for case studies• Listed Buildings – Grades I and II• Conservation Areas• Mixture of residential, commercial, public• Replicable

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Consultation:• Local action groups – Civic Society, CPRE, STCRA• Planners• Conservation Officers• Architects• Local residents• Installers

External Advisory Committee (UK - BRE and English Heritage)

Case study buildings Shrewsbury:

Tanners – Wine Merchants

Crescent Place

Parade Shopping Centre

St Alkmunds Church

Plus possibly the Station

Plus residential case study street in Castlefields & Quarry Ward :

Criteria for case study street:

Guidelines: Mixed tenure – owner/rented/housing association

Mixed age and styles but all Victorian and earlier

Cooperation of residents

Communication means:

Workshops

Web forums

Questionnaires

Public open events

Project Website coming soon

Some examples already in Shrewsbury

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St Alkmund’s Church

Old Home, Superhome Project

Listed building, within conservation area

CO2 reduction of 60% Electricity bills of £200 a year

50mm Kingspan under slates

Flat plate solar thermal collector

Radiator reflector panels

Low energy lighting

15kW Pellet Stove

Wooden Secondary glazing

Sympathetic integration of pv tiles

Technologies being developed

Blend with vernacular

Response to Draft Heritage Protection Bill by joint professions June 08:

(RTPI, IHBC, RICS, RIBA, POS & CIOB)

“Sustainability – social as well as environmental sustainability – cannot be divorced from heritage protection. In this context the joint professions’ statement in the response to the Heritage White Paper of 2007 is worth re-iterating: “ The retention and re-use of historic buildings can contribute to targets and aims for sustainable development. ….The destruction of buildings represents the loss of their embodied energy and necessitates a new investment of energy to construct the replacement………Generic guidance on making historic properties more energy-efficient without damage to their special interest should be provided.”

Thanks for listening!

nicole.solomons@mea.org.uk

01743 277109

Nicole Solomons - European Project Manager

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Sustainable Energy Communities in Historic URBan Areas

Aims: to demonstrate energy efficiency and renewable energy intervention in historic urban areas and buildings respecting culture, heritage and local character

Start Date: 1st September 08Duration: 30 months

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Project Outcomes:• 40% reduction in CO2 emissions in studied buildings• Funding guidelines• Historic Community Climate Change Strategies – route map• SECHURBA Guide – best practice & identifying barriers and prospects for

sustainable energy intervention• Funding commitments• Intelligent Energy Application Tool• Sponsorship for installations (MEA output) lead to real time data

Methodologies• Auditing of buildings• Identify barriers & constraints• Computer based energy advice tool• Community/Professional consultation – workshops & questionnaires

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Main Partner organisations:

Denmark Cenergia – Energy Consultants

Italy Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage – (National Research Council)

Greece CRES – Centre for Renewable Energy Sources

Hungary EMI – state owned Technical Energy & Sustainable Building Consultancy

Bulgaria Union of Bulgarian Black Sea Local Authorities

Ireland University College Dublin - Energy Research Group

UK Shropshire County Council

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Example case studies across Europe(mixture of buildings & communities)

Hungary – Community of Szentendre Greece - Athens centre buildings and Rhodes Theatre

Denmark – Copenhagen City

Hall

Italy – Zena Castle between Milan and Bologna

Shrewsbury area case study

"Local communities in which politicians, planners, developers, market actors and citizens actively co-operate to demonstrate and develop high degrees of decentralized energy supply, favouring renewable energies as sources, together with a conscientious application of energy efficiency measures in all end-use sectors". (IEE)

Sustainable Energy Community:

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