{"id":31242,"date":"2021-09-24T17:23:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31242"},"modified":"2021-09-24T17:26:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:26:14","slug":"historic-englands-ce-talks-collaboration-sustainability-and-how-he-aiding-the-build-back-better-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=31242","title":{"rendered":"Historic England\u2019s CE talks collaboration, sustainability and how HE aiding the Build Back Better agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Historic England\u2019s Chief Executive (CE) Duncan Wilson in an interview with the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREIIF) has spoken about the crucial role of historic buildings in the Build Back Better and Net Zero Agendas.<\/h3>\n

image: for illustration purposes only – Historic England website<\/em><\/h6>\n

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…Everything Historic England does contributes to Building Back Better…<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

…Demolishing buildings not only produces millions of tonnes of waste ….but building new has high energy costs and uses up precious resources….<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

UKREIIF writes:<\/p>\n

Historic buildings have a crucial role to play in the Build Back Better and Net Zero agendas. These buildings are unique. They hold memories and history \u2013 and most important, they hold a major opportunity.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve been speaking exclusively with Historic England\u2019s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson on the importance of preserving the UK\u2019s historical assets, the role they\u2019re playing in the Build Back Better agenda, and how regenerating underutilised and derelict buildings could help achieve the industry\u2019s bid to achieve net zero\u2026<\/p>\n

Q. How does Historic England work with developers and those across the industry to preserve important historic buildings and sites?<\/p>\n

Historic England works collaboratively with developers and others to ensure that historic buildings and places remain thriving, or to reinvigorate those which have fallen on hard times.\u00a0 We like to engage early \u2013 when our advice can be most constructive, and when developers have most scope to accommodate it…<\/p>\n

Q. What are some upcoming historic regeneration schemes that you are most excited about?<\/p>\n

Many conservation and restoration projects have continued throughout the pandemic, many of them funded by lifeline grants from the Culture Recovery Fund\u2026<\/p>\n

Q. How is Historic England playing a role in the build back better agenda?<\/p>\n

Everything Historic England does contributes to Building Back Better as you can only do that \u2013 plan for growth \u2013 if you understand what is already there and the contribution it makes to the success of places.<\/p>\n

Our work on high streets, our work on understanding the effects of climate change on historic places, our work to support high-quality development through the planning system, and of course our work on improving design standards: the purpose of all of this is to make sure that we learn from our heritage and make sure that it enhances our present and our future\u2026<\/p>\n

Q. How can restoration and renovation of historic buildings help to revive and support struggling high streets and town centres?<\/p>\n

High streets have throughout history been the focal point for local communities. A hub for businesses and a meeting place for all, high streets were once the beating heart of towns and cities. However, in recent years high streets have faced challenges, most notably competition from online retailers and out-of-town outlets. These challenges have become only more prominent in the past eighteen months..<\/p>\n

Q. How does reusing historic buildings help to lower carbon emissions and promote sustainability?<\/p>\n

Historic buildings were built to last for generations. By sympathetically upgrading and reusing existing buildings, rather than demolishing and building new, we could dramatically improve a building\u2019s energy efficiency and also make substantial energy savings because the carbon locked up in those buildings would not be released through demolition, and carbon involved in new build would be saved…<\/p>\n

Existing buildings already embody significant CO? emissions in their materials and by not counting this embodied carbon, we underestimate the entire carbon emissions of a new build by up to 31%.<\/p>\n

Demolishing buildings not only produces millions of tonnes of waste (three fifths of all waste produced in the UK every year comes from construction, demolition and excavation) but building new has high energy costs and uses up precious resources.<\/p>\n

To meet the government\u2019s target of being carbon neutral by 2050, we know we must recycle and reuse our existing historic buildings, rather than demolishing and building new.<\/p>\n

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