Historic England helps people care for, understand and protect England’s historic environment. Its technical work supports appropriate energy efficiency upgrades, climate resilience and retrofit approaches that respect the value and performance of historic and traditional buildings.
Public body
Historic environment, conservation and technical guidance
Supporting appropriate retrofit for historic and traditional buildings
Bringing heritage, evidence and conservation expertise into NRH
Historic England is working with the National Retrofit Hub with the aim of ensuring the information presented for designated and/or traditionally constructed buildings is holistic, knowledgeable, evidence-based, unbiased, and reflective of current understanding and best practice in historic building retrofit for climate resilience, both through mitigation and adaptation.
Bringing expertise on solid wall, heritage and older building types
Connecting retrofit with adaptation and long term building care
Supporting evidence based approaches to upgrades
Helping practitioners manage risk and preserve significance
