Rehabilitation

Out of the Mouths of Preservationists: Common Preservation Terms Explained

THIS IS A RE-POST OF A BLOG WE ORIGINALLY POSTED SEPTEMBER 2012: *Updates have been made throughout this piece, including additional terms and new links for sources of those definitions.   PRESERVATION TERMINOLOGY: It’s one of the most common barriers between preservationists and those who do not define themselves as preservationists. It is the language …

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Preservation and Sustainability

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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