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Heritage Conservation Saves Energy - Sustainable Development



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  • • Heritage Pays


  • • Heritage Tourism


  • • Heritage Conservation Saves Energy


    • • Introduction


    • • Recycle That House


    • • Go Green


      • • Case Study

    • • Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Community Development


    • • Urban Ecology and Heritage Preservation


      • • Case Study


  • • Heritage Workforce
heritage pays
heritage tourism


introduction

recycle that house

go green
go green - case study



urban ecology and heritage preservation
urban ecology and heritage conservation - case study

heritage workforce
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  "There is little incentive for builders to practice waste minimization unless costs increase for recyclable materials and/or dumping, or regulations change."

(Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, CMHC)





Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Community Development


Sustainable community development means we must consider how we use our building stock, old and new. We must be prudent!

Two ways to balance the rising costs of new development are

  • •  to preserve heritage structures


  • •  to use sensitive infill housing.

Restoration and rehabilitation using local materials and workers keeps money in the community. It also employs skilled workers and provides profit for local suppliers.

Heritage buildings are often centrally located in the downtown core. Just think, if they were restored, they could be centrepieces for urban revitalization in Canada!




What Can You Do?


  • • Heritage organizations can prepare an inventory of buildings and abandoned sites within their community, that could be reused.


  • • Municipal governments could upgrade planning policies to increase building rehabilitation, infill development and small-business activity relating to sustainable development.


  • • Ask your municipality to adopt the Standards and Guidelines of the national Historic Places Initiative to provide a foundation for good heritage conservation practices.


BE AN ADVOCATE FOR HERITAGE CONSERVATION!
Resources:resources

  • • Waterfront Regeneration Trust. The Waterfront Trail. Toronto, 1995. ISBN: 0-7778-4082-0.


  • • John Marsh and Janet Fialkowski, eds. Linking Cultural and Natural Heritage, Peterborough: Trent University, 1995. ISBN: 0-9693790-4-8.

Other Useful Links:other useful links



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