Retrofitting existing buildings
(2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alice Moncaster's Outputs (5)
Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle (2021)
Journal Article
Infrastructure is critical for the economic and social prosperity of society. Some large infrastructure projects are also critical for the future of society due to their intergenerational nature and long lifespan. Understanding the social value of in... Read More about Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle.
Retention not demolition: How heritage thinking can inform carbon reduction (2021)
Journal Article
Two key benefits of building retention and adaptation, over demolition and new build are identified in the academic literature as: the conservation of heritage, and reductions in embodied greenhouse gas emissions from construction materials. A four-y... Read More about Retention not demolition: How heritage thinking can inform carbon reduction.
Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours (2021)
Journal Article
Significant energy and carbon originate in the existing built environment and retrofit is therefore a key carbon reduction strategy. However heritage buildings -comprising around 20% of UK buildings- are challenging to retrofit appropriately due to t... Read More about Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours.
Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings (2021)
Journal Article
What are the opportunities and challenges for upscaling the energy retrofit of heritage buildings? Heritage buildings comprise approximately 20% of the UK building stock and are challenging to retrofit sensitively because of their heritage values and... Read More about Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings.