Renewable heritage
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Microgeneration in Traditional and Historic HomesRenewable Heritage introduced clean energy technologies into traditionally-built, listed properties in Edinburgh's Old Town, a Conservation Area and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Solar panels were installed to serve 49 tenement flats: the panels were sited in hidden roof valleys, and pipework was run down through the buildings so that householders on all floors (even basement level) could benefit from solar powered water heating. |
About the Renewable Heritage Project
Renewable Heritage is an award-winning project that built on the success of Changeworks' earlier energy efficiency project, Energy Heritage, and has been recognised nationally and internationally as an example of best practice.
It has shown that:
- With a proper understanding of traditional and historic buildings, microgeneration systems can be successfully integrated into such properties.
- Such systems can reduce fuel poverty and CO2 emissions without adversely affecting the historic and architectural character of buildings.
- Traditional and historic properties can be made more sustainable, and help contribute to local and national carbon reduction targets.
Lessons learnt from the project have been detailed in a best practice guide, launched at the 2009 Renewable Heritage conference. All presentations from this conference can be downloaded on our Renewable Heritage Conference page.
About the Renewable Heritage Guide
As part of the Renewable Heritage project, a comprehensive good practice guide for householders and professionals was published in May 2009:
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Renewable Heritage Guide (5MB) If you would like a hard-copy of this or the Energy Heritage guide, please contact us stating which one you require and send a cheque for £6 made out to 'Changeworks' to: Sustainable Futures Team, Changeworks, 36 Newhaven Road, Edinburgh EH6 5PY |
Contact us
T: 0131 555 4010 – ask for the Energy Futures team.
E: heritage@changeworks.org.uk
