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Heritage Retrofit Course

An introduction for all things Heritage Retrofit

Do you work in the built environment and want to know more about climate change adaptation or mitigation measures affecting heritage? 

The Heritage Retrofit Course, could be the course for you! Taking place from 25 - 26 November 2024 (inclusive), from 9.30am - 4pm at Aston Hall, trinity Road, Birmingham, B6 6JD.

Register below or for more information contact the team here.

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This course aims to be inclusive and beneficial for those who work in the built environment wanting to gain more knowledge about climate change adaptation or mitigation measures affecting heritage. Along with an introduction to different traditional construction and building typologies, this course will also provide learning on:

  • The key differences between modern and traditional construction as well as ageing buildings.
  • Heritage building performance, assessment methodologies and approaches, complete with a range of different options and measures.
  • Different energy efficiency measures when it comes to understanding the impact of these on listed and traditional buildings.
  • Additional information on materials, performance, risk and defects.
  • Climate change hazards along with a look at active projects that take a different approach to retrofit.
  • Case studies and examples of different types of heating and ventilation systems.
  • Implications of the introduction of systems and other energy efficiency measures.
  • Demonstrable routes to decarbonisation or energy efficiency.

Course details

Attending this course will develop your understanding of the role that the historic environment can play in climate action through repairing and adapting existing buildings. It will also help you understand how to approach traditional construction and the impact of this on performance to achieve successful retrofit.

It is designed to support a variety of creative, cultural and heritage business owners and tenants, practitioners and stakeholders in addition to local authority staff, planners and other professionals whose advice-giving or decision making affects the historic environment and heritage.