Daily Archives: 05/07/2022

Check out IHBC’s Conservation Wiki Home Page: ‘Quick-views’ on IHBC’s NewsBlogs (HEF Resilience Plan), Features (Conserving schools in India) and more

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The IHBC’s Conservation Wiki service – offered through a partnership with Designing Buildings (DB), ‘The Construction Wiki’ – offers accessible ‘Quick-view’ summaries of key issues across our Newsblogs and other member information services.

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IHBC Signpost to BEIS: Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator

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The Social Housing Retrofit Accelerator is the government-backed service helping social housing providers develop high-quality SHDF bids. image: for illustration purposes only

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB on IHBC’s 25th anniversary MarketPlace and Aberdeen School

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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 Designing Buildings (DB) on IHBC’s 25th anniversary 2022 Aberdeen School.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Concern that new homes in Haworth could harm mill site

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Building homes next to a listed Haworth mill site will ‘cause harm and destruction’ according to a Conservation Officer, writes The Telegraph and Argus. image: for illustration purposes only – Chris Allen / Ebor Mill, Haworth – Wikimedia Commons

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Owner of GII-listed building hit with £50,000 fine for fitting new windows

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The decision by an owner of the Grade II-listed Summerland Lodge in Kent removed sash windows and earned a £50,000 fine in the process. image: for illustration purposes only

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Cadw on ‘How to improve energy efficiency in Historic Buildings in Wales’… ‘for anyone’

Posted on 05/07/2022 by IHBC

The challenge of climate change requires everyone to act, and Cadw has produced guidance for anyone who wants to improve the energy efficiency of a traditional or historic building.

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Delivering Net Zero via UKGBC: Guidance on key considerations for commercial retrofits

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UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)has produced a guide to support the significant efforts needed to achieve our net zero ambitions, based on established industry thinking and discussions with built environment professionals. image: for illustration purposes only – London_Skyline_ColinandKim_Hansen_Wikimedia_Commons

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Ecclesiastical: Heritage charities celebrate share of £1million fund

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Nine heritage charities have received donations of £1,000 each as part of Ecclesiastical Insurance Group’s ‘Movement for Good’ awards.

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BBC: Eleven Historic English pubs recognised for their interiors

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Eleven pubs across England have been recognised for their historic or unusual interiors, as they have been listed, upgraded or relisted. image: for illustration purposes only – Whitelock’s Ale House, Leeds: HE Listing

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Second tranche of pioneering Community-focused pilots for England’s High Streets announced

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Five high streets across England have been named Community Improvement Districts (CID) as part of a pioneering new initiative by Power to Change, which backs community business in England that trade for the benefit of local people.

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Traditional croft house in Stornoway crowned Scotland’s Home Of The Year 2022

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New Tolsta – a traditional, early 20th century croft house in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis – has been crowned the winner of 2022’s Scotland’s Home of the Year in the finale of the popular BBC Scotland series. image: … Continue reading →

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