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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Amalia Leifeste and Barry Stiefel of Sustainable Heritage

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Amalia Leifeste and Barry Stiefel, authors of Sustainable Heritage: Merging Environmental Conservation and Historic Preservation, joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss their book and information about their work in historic preservation and sustainability. We covered a multitude of topics including: Their respective backgrounds, as well as catalysts for their interest in the intersection of …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Rabbit Goody of Thistle Hill Weavers

Leave a Comment / help for historic homeowners, Historic Preservation, Historic preservation and restoration education, Historic Preservation Projects, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, Historic Wood Windows, Historical Aesthetics, historical fabrics, home interiors, importance of interiors, Materials, Passive heating and cooling, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Sustainability, Preservation Education, Preservation in the News, Products Materials and Methods, Resources for Historic Restorations, Sustainability, Tradespeople, Traditional and Vernacular, weaving, Women in Preservation / By Laura Kise

Rabbit Goody, owner, designer, and master weaver of Thistle Hill Weavers, joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss information about her background in weaving, and museum curation and consultation. We covered a multitude of topics including: Rabbit’s interwoven skill-sets and background, starting with her intuitive skills as a teen-aged weaver, and her academic backgrounds in …

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Practical Preservation Podcast Featuring Patricia Cove of Architectural Interiors and Design

Leave a Comment / adaptive reuse, architectural style, Help for Historic Home Owners, Historic Preservation, Historic Rehabilitation, Historic Restoration, Historical Architectural Styles, historical interiors the inside counts too, home interiors, importance of interiors, Maintaining Historic Buildings, period architecture, Practical Preservation Podcast, Preservation and Economics, Preservation and Sustainability / By Laura Kise

Patricia Cove, of Architectural Interiors and Design, joined the Practical Preservation podcast to discuss information about her background in interior design and her company’s specialization in renovation, restoration, and adaptive re-use. We covered a multitude of topics including: How she evolved in her career, beginning as an English teacher, and moving on to follow her …

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Preservation and Sustainability

Leave a Comment / Greening your historic home, Passive heating and cooling, Preservation and Sustainability, Rehabilitation, Renewable energy, Salvaged materials, Sustainability / By Danielle Keperling

Preservation and sustainability. What does one have to do with the other? If we examine these terms more closely, we can see that older buildings are inherently “green” or sustainable because of “embodied energy” (all of the energy used to build the building that would need to be expended to build something else). In fact, …

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