Retrofitting, Regeneration and Sustainability in Historic Buildings Royal Agricultural University

Overview

The first focuses on the practicalities surrounding the conservation and retrofitting of historic buildings. This includes the ethical considerations around identifying conservation-appropriate methods, materials, designs and finishes. It also explores the options – and challenges – associated with sensitively improving the performance and sustainability of historic and traditional buildings, including the identification of inappropriate previous interventions. This includes understanding and correctly interpreting building pathology and using this data to inform decision around materials and interventions as well as monitoring and evaluating the results.

The second focuses on the potential of historic buildings to contribute to wider regeneration of an area. Here we concentrate on putting buildings to work in the community, moving away from thinking of buildings as their footprint of the building and towards a viable future use. We examine the economics of regeneration, including the role of partnerships with heritage organisations, local groups and business to draw on and generate local momentum and investment.

Careers and graduate destinations

• Historic building conservation
• Urban or rural regeneration / retrofitting
• Conservation and regeneration work within local authorities, heritage organisations, museums and the private sector which require specialists with a buildings and structures focus