{"id":16626,"date":"2017-09-08T17:39:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=16626"},"modified":"2017-09-08T17:39:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T16:39:55","slug":"conservation-wiki-and-dbw-feature-retrofit-in-the-national-trust-from-ihbcs-context-green-retrofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16626","title":{"rendered":"Conservation Wiki and DBW feature retrofit in the National Trust from IHBC\u2019s Context \u2018Green Retrofit\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Plas_Newydd_Anglesey_Context149_P_Southall.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16627\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Plas_Newydd_Anglesey_Context149_P_Southall-300x150.png\" alt=\"Plas Newydd, a country house on the north bank of the Menai Strait in Anglesey\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Paul Southall, environmental advisor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/National_Trust\">National Trust<\/a> explores \u2018Energy efficiency for the National Trust\u2019 in his article for the IHBC\u2019s member journal <em>Context<\/em> special issue on \u2018Green Retrofit\u2019, which is now featured on the IHBC and Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) \u2018Conservation Wiki\u2019.<\/h3>\n<p>Paul\u2019s observations include that, \u2018Even with something as simple as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Loft\">loft<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Insulation\">insulation<\/a> there are variables to consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Can we access all of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Roof\">roof<\/a>\u00a0voids? Do we need access walkways for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Inspection\">inspection<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Natural fibres such as wool and wood have a lower ignition point than mineral fibres. Consideration must be given to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Insurance\">insurance<\/a>\u00a0implications when integrating them into large\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Loft\">loft<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How will older\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Pipework\">pipework<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Loft\">loft<\/a>\u00a0spaces react to the drop in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Temperature\">temperatures<\/a>\u00a0following the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Insulation\">insulation<\/a>\u00a0blocking the transfer of heat up into the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Loft\">loft<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Care needs to be taken not to cover electrical cables, increasing the build-up of heat.<\/li>\n<li>How easy will it be to vacuum the bat poo off?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designingbuildings.co.uk\/wiki\/Energy_efficiency_for_the_National_Trust\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DBW feature<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/context\/149\/#30\/z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">original article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more online conservation <em>Context<\/em> see the <a href=\"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/cont_arch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital archive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Southall, environmental advisor at the National Trust explores \u2018Energy efficiency for the National Trust\u2019 in his article for the IHBC\u2019s member journal Context special issue on \u2018Green Retrofit\u2019, which is now featured on the IHBC and Designing Buildings Wiki &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=16626\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16628,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16626\/revisions\/16628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}