Existing Resources

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The connection between sustainability and historic preservation is not a new idea but it is finally getting mainstream. Below is curated existing research from around the world that delves deeper into this topic.

VIDEOS

VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL
- An archive of speaker presentations from our Bi-Monthly All-Members meetings
  - ZNCC YouTube Archive
Embodied Carbon 101 Video by Endeavour Centre:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1piVin01vQ&feature=youtu.be

ARTICLES & PAPERS

Scaling Up Climate Action through Campus Stewardship: The Carbon Savings of Existing and Historic Buildings at Agnes Scott College, by Goody Clancy and the Agnes Scott College Center for Sustainability
Heritage and the Economy 2020 by Historic England, Heritage Counts
- https://historicengland.org.uk/content/heritage-counts/pub/2020/heritage-and-the-economy-2020/
The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Green Lab
- https://forum.savingplaces.org/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=5119e24d-ae4c-3402-7c8e-38a11a4fca12&forceDialog=0
Embodied Carbon Primer by the London Energy Tranformation Initiative:
- https://www.leti.london/ecp
Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment - A Primer by Perkins + Will:
- https://perkinswill.com/embodied-carbon-in-the-built-environment-a-primer/
The Total Carbon Study - Case Study of DPR Construction San Francisco Office Building - Net Positive Existing Building Reuse
- https://www.ecobuildnetwork.org/images/pdfs/The_Total_Carbon_Study_FINAL_White_Paper_published_20151113.pdf
Assessing the Carbon-Saving Value of Retrofitting versus Demolition and New Construction at the United Nations Headquarters by Vidaris, Inc. & Syska Hennessy Group
- www.vidaris.com/uploads/files/assessing-the-carbon-saving-value-of-retrofitting-versus-demolition-and-new-construction-at-the-united-nations-headquarters-199.pdf
“Retrofit and traditional approaches to comfort”:
- https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Retrofit_and_traditional_approaches_to_comfort
Whole-building LCA benchmarking white paper by the Athena Institute:
- http://www.athenasmi.org/news-item/whole-building-lca-benchmarking-white-paper/

White paper and Presentation about the time value of carbon by the Carbon Leadership Forum:
- http://www.carbonleadershipforum.org/2017/02/09/the-time-value-of-carbon/
British practice guide on LCA:
- https://www.rics.org/uk/upholding-professional-standards/sector-standards/building-surveying/whole-life-carbon-assessment-for-the-built-environment/
WGBC “Bringing Embodied Carbon Upfront”
- https://www.worldgbc.org/embodied-carbon
An international policy review of embodied carbon in buildings and infrastructure:
- http://publications.zizzostrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017.09.21.Forestry-Innovation-Investment-Ltd.Embodied-Carbon-in-Construction.pdf
Irish Climate Change Adaptation Sectoral Plan on Built & Archaeological Heritage:
- https://www.chg.gov.ie/heritage/climate-change/the-built-and-archaeological-heritage-climate-change-sectoral-adaptation-plan/
Historic England Study on "Understanding Carbon in the Built Environment”:
- https://historicengland.org.uk/research/heritage-counts/2019-carbon-in-built-environment/carbon-in-built-historic-environment/

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