{"id":36542,"date":"2023-05-19T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36542"},"modified":"2023-05-19T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T16:58:10","slug":"ihbcs-swansea-annual-school-highlight-putting-sustainability-and-improved-energy-performance-into-practice-with-adam-hitchings-ahf-23-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36542","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s Swansea Annual School highlight: Putting sustainability and improved energy performance into practice with Adam Hitchings, AHF, 23 June"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-36543\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AS2023_Adam_Hitchings_AHF_Wales-300x138.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" \/>The IHBC is delighted that Adam Hitchings of the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) will speak at the Day School of the institute\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/swansea2023.ihbc.org.uk\/\">2023 Annual Swansea School<\/a>, informing the School theme of \u2018Climate Change and the Historic Environment\u2019 by exploring sustainability and improved energy performance in heritage practice.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 adapting, retrofitting and reusing historic buildings can be a central part\u2026 [in tackling the climate crisis]<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Adam Hitchings said of his presentation: \u2018The climate crisis is the biggest risk facing life on the planet and adapting, retrofitting and reusing historic buildings can be a central part in how we tackle this ever more urgent crisis. We want to help organisations reuse buildings but also to help them ensure their buildings and operations reduce and mitigate their impact\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Hitchings, the Architectural Heritage Fund\u2019s Wales Development Manager advises charities and social enterprises to build their capacity, resilience and readiness to undertake a heritage project and manages the Wales grant programme which provides early project stage seed funding.<\/p>\n<p>The Architectural Heritage Fund helps communities across the UK find enterprising new ways to revitalise old buildings offering advice, grants and social investment for social enterprises which either operate from or are planning on taking ownership of a historic building.<\/p>\n<p>See more on <a href=\"https:\/\/swansea2023.ihbc.org.uk\/prog_fri\/\">Adam Hitchings and the Day School programme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TO BOOK Visit the School\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/swansea2023.ihbc.org.uk\/\">2023 Annual School<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/swansea2023.ihbc.org.uk\/prog_fri\/\">Day School Programme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Explore 2023 Swansea School tour options: <a href=\"https:\/\/swansea2023.ihbc.org.uk\/prog_thurs\/\">Thursday Tours<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/swansea2023.ihbc.org.uk\/prog_sat\/\">Saturday Tours<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All delegates, virtual and in-person, have priority access to the IHBC\u2019s public, free and learning-led virtual \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.ihbc.org.uk\/live\/\">MarketPlace:LIVE\u2019<\/a>, on Wednesday 21 June, from 4.30-7.00pm, part of the IHBC new <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.ihbc.org.uk\/\">Heritage MarketPlace<\/a> directory and resource.<\/p>\n<p>Book your visit to the next <a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.wufoo.com\/forms\/z234w1j0gie0yg\/\">MarketPlace:LIVE<\/a> \u2013 open to all (included with all Swansea School bookings)<\/p>\n<p>Want to host a MarketPlace:LIVE stall? <a href=\"https:\/\/ihbc.wufoo.com\/forms\/z1hxiwrz0mzn0ps\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See and search the IHBC\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.ihbc.org.uk\/\">Heritage MarketPlace<\/a> directory<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IHBC is delighted that Adam Hitchings of the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) will speak at the Day School of the institute\u2019s 2023 Annual Swansea School, informing the School theme of \u2018Climate Change and the Historic Environment\u2019 by exploring sustainability &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=36542\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36542","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\/36542","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36544,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36542\/revisions\/36544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}