{"id":4425,"date":"2012-07-06T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T16:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=4425"},"modified":"2012-07-10T09:54:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-10T09:54:10","slug":"ihbc-welcomes-new-hlf-strategy-requirment-for-carbon-footprinting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=4425","title":{"rendered":"IHBC welcomes new HLF strategy & requirement for carbon footprinting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), has welcomed the new strategic framework launched by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), including especially the announcement that it is to become the first major UK funding body to require all large projects to undertake carbon footprinting as part of their application.<\/span><\/p>\n

IHBC President Trefor Thorpe said: \u2018This is great news from the HLF, and an important step for the sector as a whole. HLF\u2019s recognition of carbon footprint was a major aspect of the IHBC’s response to their forward strategy consultation in 2011, so we can be especially proud of our influence there as well!<\/p>\n

\u2018The IHBC said that such carbon footprinting would mark ‘a sea-change for the sector’. I’m delighted to say that, with its introduction, we can pinpoint the very start of that sea-change.’<\/p>\n

‘As the real environmental cost of heritage works is better expressed, the widest benefits of conservation can be highlighted, both to business and government. The HLF\u2019s early demands for the clear articulation of community benefits in conservation projects helped us show the value we add there. Now almost every substantial development must identify neighbourhood and community benefits, and because of the natural links with communities, conservation works have a very useful head start.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Of course we have a long way to go in demonstrating the true cost differential between new build and repair or refurbishment, but I\u2019m delighted to see that our heritage sector will once again lead practice in how we manage our built resources sustainably.\u2019<\/p>\n

Jo Evans, IHBC Chair, said: \u2018With this new requirement from the HLF to articulate real carbon reduction benefits, the heritage sector can once again lead practice for the construction industry. We will learn to express better just how conservation-based works bring the widest environmental benefits, not least to local trades, skills and materials, by reducing carbon emissions.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re also keen to see how the new plan will help support the wider sectors responsible for so much of the undesignated historic environment \u2013 from buildings using traditional construction to our much-loved neighbourhoods.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018The special skills required to look after such places must become part of the mainstream construction industry. We hope that under its new strategy the HLF\u2019s resources will be able to shape thinking about standards there too.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018Clearly the IHBC has a substantial role to play in this rapidly changing landscape, and we\u2019re delighted that the HLF is giving us, and our members, the chance to take a lead here.\u2019<\/p>\n

HLF writes<\/span>:
\nThe Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has announced that it is to become the first major UK funding body to require all large projects to undertake carbon footprinting as part of their application.<\/p>\n

Announced as HLF sets out its new strategic framework for 2013 \u2013 2018, HLF will now ask all applicants requesting funding above \u00a32m to measure the carbon footprint of their projects.<\/p>\n

With so many HLF-supported projects involving building expansion and a growth in visitor numbers, HLF\u2019s Board of Trustees felt it was increasingly important that calculating the environmental impact of projects should form part of their decision-making process.<\/p>\n

HLF is working with sustainability consultants Best Foot Forward to provide applicants with a footprinting tool* so that they can measure their environmental impact. As part of an HLF second-round application they will be required to calculate the carbon footprint of the utilities consumption and visitor travel associated with their projects, and encouraged to pursue reductions. The tool will help calculate the impact of making changes in order to achieve reductions in carbon emissions through energy efficiency, better buildings and renewable energy and by encouraging visitors to switch to public transport, walking and cycling.<\/p>\n

HLF and Best Foot Forward have already piloted the tool with a number of grantees, including Britten 100, the British Museum and the Whitworth Art Gallery. ??Dame Jenny Abramsky, Chair of HLF, said: \u2018The projects we fund provide lasting benefits to local communities but they also have a carbon impact which can\u2019t be ignored. The Heritage Lottery Fund is doing what it can to reduce the effects of climate change upon heritage by leading the way to ensure that carbon footprinting is a key part of the development process so that the projects we support are environmentally sustainable for the future.\u2019<\/p>\n

Jacob Wallace, Consultant at Best Foot Forward, added: \u2018Carbon footprinting can\u2019t just be an afterthought anymore and the Heritage Lottery Fund is right to make it an integral part of the funding process. This exciting development is significant in scope: it will influence millions of pounds worth of funding and the behaviour of millions of visitors.\u2019<\/p>\n

New funding policies and initiatives includes plans to<\/span>:
\n\u00b7 offer support for building organisational resilience in the heritage sector, through supporting the development of skills, including running a further round of the Skills for the Future programme; offering development funding and professional mentoring to develop robust projects and introducing start-up grants and transition funding for organisations needing to cope with new challenges;
\n\u00b7 kick start philanthropy through providing endowments and smaller grants for capacity building and support for fundraising training;
\n\u00b7 stimulate local economic growth with a new Heritage Enterprise scheme designed to fund partnerships \u2013 including social and private enterprises \u2013 to develop sustainable new uses for the most challenging historic sites;
\n\u00b7 recognise the size and scale of the environmental impact of our funding by becoming the first major funding body to require carbon footprinting as part of the application process for projects over \u00a32m;
\n\u00b7 lead the way in encouraging the sector to use digital technology, by asking HLF-supported projects to make their digital content widely available at no charge. HLF will also fund stand-alone digital projects;
\n\u00b7 extend HLF support for heritage in private ownership under the Our Heritage programme (\u00a310,000 to \u00a3100,000) for physical works to heritage provided they achieve a step-change in terms of public access and engagement;
\n\u00b7 continue to make applying to HLF more straightforward, with the introduction of Sharing Heritage \u2013 a new very simple grant programme for smaller projects needing \u00a33,000-\u00a310,000;
\n\u00b7 create online communities to showcase good practice and encourage the exchange of ideas and innovations;
\n\u00b7 and increase the maximum grants for the Landscape Partnerships Programme from \u00a32m to \u00a33m and expand the geographical area it will support.<\/p>\n

See the IHBC\u2019s response to the HLF consultation on its forward strategy at<\/span>: LINK <\/a><\/p>\n

View the Best Foot Forward\u2019s carbon footprinting tool, Footprint Reporter at<\/span>: LINK <\/a><\/p>\n

For the summary of funding programmes and initiatives see<\/span>: LINK <\/a><\/p>\n

For the outcomes see<\/span>: LINK <\/a><\/p>\n

View HLF\u2019s strategic framework publication in full, with consultation summary, linked at<\/span>: LINK <\/a><\/p>\n

Civil Society News<\/span>: LINK<\/a><\/p>\n

HLF News<\/span>: LINK 1<\/a> LINK 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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