Sustainable preservation

In historic preservation, sustainable preservation is the idea that preservation has tangible ecological benefits, on the basis that the most sustainable building is one that is already built. Historic buildings can have advantages over new construction with their often central location, historic building materials, and unique characteristics of craftsmanship. Arguing for these connections is at least partially an outgrowth of the green building movement with its emphasis on new construction. Sustainable preservation borrows many of the same principles of sustainable architecture, though is unique by focusing on older buildings versus new construction. The term "sustainable preservation" is also utilized to refer to the preservation of global heritage, archaeological and historic sites through the creation of economically sustainable businesses which support such preservation, such as the Sustainable Preservation Initiative and the Global Heritage Fund.

Architect Olaf Grawert had stated the challenges that come with the design of new buildings, specially in the context of the architectural market in Europe, where there has been a 38% increase in the building sector since 2012, but its contribution to global carbon dioxide emissions is also 38%.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Notable Projects
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has popularized sustainability initiatives since their founding in 1993. Their LEED certification allowed professionals to develop expertise in the field of green building. The LEED Green Building Rating System with benchmarks was established in 2000.[3]

The Association for Preservation Technology International formed a "Sustainable Preservation Committee" in 2004 to provide an arena for discussion, and educate on the relationship between historic preservation.[4] Among early discussions were a workshop in Halifax, held in 2005. This was followed a workshop on "Greenbuild & LEED for Historic Building" in November 2006. The APTI annual conference in Montreal from October 13–17, 2008, also included a symposium on sustainable heritage conservation.[5]

The National Trust for Historic Preservation also included Sustainability among several issues the Trust works on. The Trust's position statement on sustainability is:[6]

Historic preservation can – and should – be an important component of any effort to promote sustainable development. The conservation and improvement of our existing built resources, including re-use of historic and older buildings, greening the existing building stock, and reinvestment in older and historic communities, is crucial to combating climate change.

National Trust President Richard Moe, addressed the USGBC on November 20, 2008. His speech laid out several principles in an effort to find common ground:[7]

1. Promote a culture of reuse
2. Reinvest at a Community Scale
3. Value the Lessons of Heritage Buildings and Communities
4. Make Use of the Economic Advantages of Reuse, Reinvestment and Retrofits
5. Re-imagine Historic Preservation Policies and Practices as They Relate to Sustainability
6. Take Immediate and Decisive Action

The Kresge Foundation led a Green Building Initiative from 2003 to May 29, 2009. The initiative provided planning grants for nonprofit organizations that went on to build green buildings. The foundation also demonstrated their commitment to sustainability initiatives through construction of a green headquarters in Troy, Michigan. This building incorporated a historic building on the site with new construction. These facilities were completed in 2006, and in 2008 received the Platinum-level rating from the USGBC.[8]

## Notable Projects

* Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts
* United States Naval Academy, Main Academic Complex, Annapolis, Maryland
* Cambridge City Hall Annex, Cambridge, Massachusetts - in 2005 was the oldest building certified under the USGBC LEED for New Construction, earning the Gold Rating
* Hudson Area Association Library, Hudson, New York
* J.W. McCormack Federal Courthouse and Post Office, Boston, Massachusetts
* Villagra Building, Santa Fe, New Mexico
* William A. Kerr Building, St. Louis, Missouri
* Howard Hall, Athens, New York
* bplus.xyz (b+), Berlin, Germany

## References

1. ↑ Grawert, Olaf (10 December 2024). "A Question of Values". https://www.cca.qc.ca/en/articles/98213/a-question-of-values.
2. ↑ United Nations Environment Programme (2020). 2020 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero-emission, Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Construction Sector. Nairobi
3. ↑ "LEED rating system | U.S. Green Building Council". https://www.usgbc.org/leed.
4. ↑ "Technical Committees". Association for Preservation Technology International. 2009-05-31. http://www.apti.org/about/technical.cfm#A5A.
5. ↑ "Upcoming/Previous Conferences". https://www.apti.org/upcoming-previous-conferences.
6. ↑ "Historic Preservation & Sustainability". National Trust for Historic Preservation. 2009-05-31. http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/sustainability/.
7. ↑ "Sustainability Speeches". National Trust for Historic Preservation. 2009-05-31. http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/sustainability/sustainability-preservation-1.html.
8. ↑ "Our Green Headquarters". The Kresge Foundation. 2009-05-31. http://www.kresge.org/index.php/headquarters/index/.

## External links

* Association for Preservation Technology International, an organization concerned with technologies used for conserving historic structures and their settings.
* National Trust for Historic Preservation, the principal non-profit preservation advocacy organization in the United States.
* Standards and Guidelines for Preservation in the United States
* Sustainable Preservation Initiative, a charitable organization that preserves the world's cultural heritage through local economic development

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Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage

Collection care
and management|

* Collecting
* Collection (artwork)
* Collections care
* Collection catalog
* Collections maintenance
* Collections management (museum)
* Collection Management Policy
* Collections management system
* Cultural heritage management
* Cultural resources management
* Deaccessioning (museum)
* Digital repository audit method based on risk assessment
* Display case
* Documentation of cultural property
* Emergency response (museum)
* Exhibition of cultural heritage objects
* Found in collection
* Inherent vice
* Inventory (museum)
* Museum integrated pest management
* Preservation metadata
* Implementation Strategies
* Preservation of meaning
* Preservation survey
* Provenance
* Repatriation
* Restoration (cultural heritage)
* Storage of cultural heritage objects

Roles and
expertise|

* Art handler
* Collection manager
* Conservator-restorer
* Conservation scientist
* Conservation technician
* Curator
* Exhibition designer
* Mount maker
* Objects conservator
* Paintings conservator
* Photograph conservator
* Preservationist
* Registrar (museum)
* Textile conservator

Area specialities|

* Antiques restoration
* Archaeological science
* Archaeology
* Bioarchaeology
* Building restoration
* Conservation science
* Digital photograph restoration
* Digital preservation
* Database preservation
* Film preservation
* Frame conservation
* Heritage science
* Historic preservation
* Media preservation
* Object conservation
* Optical media preservation
* Painting conservation
* Preservation (library and archival science)
* Restoration
* Sustainable preservation
* Web archiving

Techniques|

* Aging (artwork)
* Anastylosis
* Arrested decay
* Architecture
* Cradling (paintings)
* Detachment of wall paintings
* Desmet method
* Historic paint analysis
* Imaging of cultural heritage
* Inpainting
* Kintsugi
* Leafcasting
* Lining of paintings
* Mass deacidification
* Mold control and prevention in libraries
* Overpainting
* Paper splitting
* Radiography of cultural objects
* Reconstruction (architecture)
* Rissverklebung
* Textile stabilization
* Transfer of panel paintings
* UVC-based preservation
* VisualAudio

Topics|

* Archaeological sites
* Ancient Greek pottery
* Automobiles
* Bone, horn, and antler objects
* Books, manuscripts, documents and ephemera
* Ceramic objects
* Clocks
* Copper-based objects
* Feathers
* Film
* Flags and banners
* Frescos
* Fur objects
* Glass objects
* Herbaria
* Historic gardens
* Human remains
* Illuminated manuscripts
* Insect specimens
* Iron and steel objects
* Ivory objects
* Judaica
* Lacquerware
* Leather objects
* Lighthouses
* Metals
* Musical instruments
* Neon objects
* New media art
* Outdoor artworks
* Outdoor bronze objects
* Outdoor murals
* Paintings
* Painting frames
* Panel paintings
* Papyrus
* Parchment
* Performance art
* Photographs
* Photographic plates
* Plastic objects
* Pompeian frescoes
* Shipwreck artifacts
* Silver objects
* South Asian household shrines
* Stained glass
* Taxidermy
* Textiles
* Tibetan thangkas
* Time-based media art
* Totem poles
* Vehicles
* Vinyl discs
* Woodblock prints
* Wooden artifacts
* Wooden furniture

Notable projects|

* Conservation issues of Pompeii and Herculaneum
* Conservation-restoration of Ecce Homo by Elías García Martínez
* Conservation-restoration of The Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins
* Conservation-restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper
* Conservation-restoration of the Shroud of Turin
* Conservation-restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes
* Conservation-restoration of the Statue of Liberty
* Conservation-restoration of the H.L. Hunley
* Modern and Contemporary Art Research Initiative

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