{"id":15267,"date":"2017-03-29T19:04:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=15267"},"modified":"2017-03-29T19:04:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T18:04:56","slug":"new-addition-to-ihbcs-conservation-wiki-john-edwards-on-energy-efficiency-of-traditional-buildings-why-not-add-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15267","title":{"rendered":"New addition to IHBC\u2019s Conservation Wiki \u2013 John Edwards on \u2018Energy efficiency of traditional buildings\u2019: Why not add yours?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wiki<\/a>IHBC trustee John Edwards has posted his RICS Conservation Journal<\/em> article on \u2018Energy efficiency of traditional buildings\u2019<\/em> on the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Wiki \u2013 part of the Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) web platform \u2013 extending access to his concise summary of how practitioners at all skills levels should approach work on older buildings.<\/h3>\n

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IHBC Director Sean O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018Re-posting work on our Conservation Wiki and DBW like this is a great way to extend your reach into the widest community of construction specialists and development interests that shape our built and historic environment.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018And the Wiki\u2019s efficient and simple cross-referencing to other sources ensures that any work posted here is fully integrated into the entire spectrum of its advice and guidance.\u00a0 Users can simply click on the links to delve as deeply as they want or need into their subject\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Wiki service is also fully embedded into the world of built and historic environment conservation practice.\u00a0 It garners more than 3 million users a year, 900,000 page views a month, and has 6000 registered users \u2013 of which I am one \u2013 availing of more than 4500 articles.\u00a0 And it is still early days!\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018So be sure to take full advantage of the service, as a user and as a provider, as simply posting your work here opens it out to a whole new world of user interests\u2019.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

John Edwards writes in \u2018Energy efficiency of traditional buildings\u2019<\/em> (extract):<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The basic steps to take to ensure energy efficiency are as follows:<\/p>\n