‘Cultural Heritage and UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goals: How Historic Buildings can be a Resource for Ecologically Sustainable Development’ Presentation by Ruth Redden on behalf of ICOMOS Australia NSCES, Tokyo, 19 March 2019 On behalf of the Australia ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Energy, Sustainability and Climate Change (NSCES), Ruth Redden (M.ICOMOS) will present a lecture…
DRAFT Practice Note 1: Built Environment NSCES are happy to announce this Practice Note on Sustainability and Heritage in the Built Environment – the first in a series of practice notes in energy, sustainability and climate change in heritage by NSCES. At the moment it is in DRAFT, but it will be finalised soon….
Levuka township © Merbabu/wikimedia commons
The People’s Ground Conference is set to be one of the largest gatherings of heritage professionals and community advocates for heritage. To be held in Melbourne at the MCG from 4-8 October, the conference is a combined effort with the National Trusts of Australia and Australia ICOMOS. The program includes workshops from 4- 5 October,…
EARLY BIRD TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY 19 FEBRUARY! A four-day conference in Melbourne with a focus on Adaptation, Resilience & Renewables, Energy Efficient Lighting & Infrastructure. From the website: “Local councils are increasingly under pressure in the face of constraints on rate income to maintain existing service commitments. Councils need to be more strategic in…
This interesting project proposal in Portugal by Nelson Brito, Sergio Brito and Rute Oliveira Castela, won first prize of the “Urban Services and Connected City” in the VINCI “2020 Global Climate Challenge”. It provides a good model to follow elsewhere. The project addresses energy efficiency in historic centres by involving urban stakeholders – local community and local policy players – working…
