{"id":44847,"date":"2025-12-09T18:24:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44847"},"modified":"2025-12-09T18:24:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:24:22","slug":"ihbcs-context-185-under-the-spotlight-accessible-cpd-for-conservation-professionals-featuring-morwenna-slade-ihbc-on-successful-solar-generation-in-the-historic-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44847","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s Context 185 under the spotlight: Accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, featuring Morwenna Slade IHBC on \u2018Successful solar generation in the historic environment\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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IHBC\u2019s new edition of its members\u2019 journal Context<\/em><\/a> is out \u2013 No. 185<\/a> \u2013 and our first spotlight for NewsBlog<\/em> readers features Morwenna Slade on \u2018Successful solar generation in the historic environment\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The IHBC writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With listed buildings and historic sites needing to adapt for positive climate action, achieving consent and managing risk depends on understanding each site in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Morwenna Slade writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK\u2019s historic built environment stands testament to sustainable, often innovative, and resilient adaptation through the ages. That solar generation can be successfully installed on historic and listed buildings has been proven, but as we see greater numbers of installations, we need to consider the implications for asset management, maintenance and fire safety. These broader, longer-term considerations go beyond the visual and aesthetic impact balanced with significance and should be addressed to ensure a truly successful and sustainable approach that supports the continued use and care of our heritage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a critical step towards busting the myths that surround sensitively and successfully adapt- ing our listed buildings, a swath of new advice and guidance has been published by Historic England, CADW and Historic Environment Scotland, highlighting how listed buildings can and should evolve to actively contribute to positive climate action. Aimed at a professional and technical audience, the guidance supports professionals and owners alike to competently assess the most impactful measures for individual buildings and meet their requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is important, however, for heritage professionals not to assume that one mitigation or adaptation measure fits all situations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Listed buildings and historic sites can and should evolve to accommodate modern requirements and adapt for positive climate action, but success lies in understanding the individual detail of these sites. Taking a holistic approach, considering positive and negative impacts, and ensuring the long-term costs and maintenance requirements of new installations are fully understood and scoped, will ensure that consent is achieved, risk is managed, and our heritage continues to benefit future generations\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026Morwenna Slade is a building surveyor and visiting professor at the University of the West of England. She specialises in historic building conservation, defect diagnosis, climate-change resilience and adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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