Green Preservation in the News
ARTICLES
Kate Galbraith, "Historic Architecture vs. Clean Energy", New York Times blog from May 2009.
Kim O’Connell, "Finding Common Ground" , Traditional Building, June 2007.
Amy Cortese, "Green Buildings Don't Have to be New" New York Times, 1/27/2009.
SPEECHES AND POLICY STATEMENTS
Richard Moe, President, National Trust for Historic Preservation: "Sustainable Stewardship: Historic Preservation's Essential Role in Fighting Climate Change" BAHA - Berkeley, California, 27 Mar 2008
Donovan D Rypkema, Principal of PlaceEconomics: "Sustainability , Smart Growth, and Historic Preservation" Historic Districts Council Annual Conference in New York City, 10 March 2007.
"Downtown Revitalization, Sustainability and Historic Preservation" National Main Streets Conference, Seattle, Washington, 28 March 2007.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY and HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Moving Existing Homes Toward Carbon Neutrality - 2007 Affordable Comfort, Inc. (ACI) Summit White Paper
English Heritage - Cutting Down on Carbon: Improving the Energy Efficiency of Historic Buildings
English Heritage - Energy Conservation in Traditional Buildings
FEDERAL ENERGY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - DECEMBER 2006: "Historic Preservation and Energy Efficiency in Federal Buildings"
NEW BUILDINGS INSTITUTE, "Energy Performance of LEED for New Construction Buildings"
SUSTAINABILITY & GREEN BUILDINGS
Preservation Nation - Sustainability is theNational Trust for Historic Preservation's web site. It provides tips for homeowners, local governments and a wide range of information and resources related to preservation and sustainability.
buildingscience.com provides information related to building science, systems design and sustainability:
- Green Building and Sustainability
- Towards Sustainability - Green Building, Sustainability Objectives, and Building America Whole House Systems Research
- Prioritizing Green: It's the Energy Stupid
BUILDING GREEN - MARCH 2006: "Historic preservation projects can be green"
CRM - 1998: Sharon C. Park, "Sustainable Design and Historic Preservation" (PDF)
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL: "An Inconvenient Turbine: Conservation vs. Preservation"