Sustainability

General
Articles and Presentations

General

• California State Parks, Office of Historic Preservation
  Sustainability Program
• Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) 
  The leading organization promoting walkable, mixed-use neighborhood development, sustainable communities, and healthier living conditions
• English Heritage
  "Climate Change and Your Home"
  Includes a video on sash windows
• Green Building Alliance
• The Greenest Building
• Green Globes
  Energy Assessment Rating System
• Illinois Historic Preservation Agency
  Green Preservation
  Includes link to "Reduce+Reuse=Preservation"
• Kansas State Historical Society, Office of Historic Preservation 
  Links to window repair videos on YouTube
• Local Government Commission Ahwahnee Principles for Resource Efficient Communities
• National Park Service, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT)
  Sustainability Blog
• National Park Service
  Preservation Brief 3, "Conserving Energy in Historic Buildings"
• National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) 
  The Sustainability Initiative offers tips for homeowners and Main Street programs, and links to Preservation Green Lab research
• Pocantico Proclamation on Sustainability and Historic Preservation 
  An outline of six principles to sustain our built environment from a retreat 
  hosted by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Friends of the National Center for Preservation Training and Technology
• UNESCO
  "Social Sustainability of Historic Districts"
• U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
  Introduction to LEED Rating System
• Whole Building Design Guidelines (WBDG)
  Sustainable Historic Preservation 
  An introduction to sustainable historic preservation, description of issues, lists relevant codes, and suggestions of additional resources

Articles and presentations

• The Greening of Historic Properties White Paper
• "Sustainable Stewardship: Historic Preservation's Essential Role in Fighting 
  Climate Change," Richard Moe, University of California-Berkley
• "Sustainability and Preservation," Donovan Rypkema, Economic Benefits of 
  Preservation, Historic Districts Council Annual Conference, New York, NY, 
  March 10, 2007

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