Author Archives: IHBC

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced new initiatives to redouble Climate Adaptation Efforts and prioritize historic preservation as a key defence against the effects of climate change, with projects including the rehabilitation of traditional Nepalese water systems to help … Continue reading →

The recent issue of Building & Facilities News (B&FN) featured the IHBC as its ‘Conservation Professional Body of the Month’, focussing on the institute’s Annual School in Reading, run by our trading arm, IHBC Enterprises Ltd.

The IHBC has warmly welcomed the call for Conservation Officer attendance and bursary applications to the not-for-profit joint conference on ‘… Historic Windows’, 27-28 June in Cirencester. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has explored which groups of people are more likely to live in homes with lower energy efficiency across England and Wales, and how that might affect them, using data from Census 2021 and energy … Continue reading →

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features Building on Henley Halebrown ‘…genuinely interested in how people use … Continue reading →

A California jury has awarded a photographer reportedly the ‘largest maximum statutory damages verdict for photography infringement in U.S. history,’ according to the photographer’s lawyer tied to an Intellectual Property (IP) case. image for illustration

The Climate Heritage Network (CHN), of which the IHBC is an active member, is co-leading a ‘Buildings Breakthrough’ forum that is part of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Buildings and Climate Global Forum, which will take place in Paris … Continue reading →

The IHBC has warmly welcomed the call for Conservation Officer attendance and bursary applications to the not-for-profit joint conference on ‘… Historic Windows’, 27-28 June in Cirencester. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0

As a date for the IHBC’s 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) is being finalised, this is a good time for members of all categories to review our guidance, support and advice encouraging prospective trustees to join our board.

After piloting new forms for registering CPD (Continuing Professional Development) learning over the past year, the IHBC is delighted to announce the full version of the new Excel based CPD form is now available for download from the IHBC’s CPD … Continue reading →

Scottish Ministers were keeping details of the climate impact of their £26bn infrastructure plan wraps reports the Good Law Project, until the not-for-profit and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland won a promise to publish them. image for illustration: Open … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a national body for a … Continue reading →

A pre-World War 2 water tank – a giant concrete structure almost the same size as a football pitch – is to be turned into luxury three-bedroom home and countryside home, reports Ayrshire Live. image for illustration: Dundonald from the … Continue reading →