National Park Service announces interactive web feature on preservation and sustainability
Katrina Ringler
Sustainability Guidelines Interactive Web Feature Launched.
Technical Preservation Services is pleased to announce that The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation & Illustrated Guidelines on Sustainability for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings are now available as an interactive web feature, at www.nps.gov/tps/standards/rehabilitation/guidelines/index.htm. Published in 2011, the Guidelines on Sustainability are the first set of official guidelines on how to make changes to improve energy efficiency and preserve the character of historic buildings. The Guidelines are an important addition to current discussions about sustainability and achieving greater energy efficiency, which have focused primarily on new buildings to date.
The
Guidelines on Sustainability stress the inherent
sustainability of historic buildings and offer specific
guidance on “recommended” rehabilitation treatments and “not
recommended”
treatments, which could negatively impact a building’s
historic character.
Illustrations of both types of treatments are included. The
Guidelines are
designed to assist building owners in planning rehabilitation
projects that
will meet the Standards for Rehabilitation.
This feature is the latest in
the series of web-based training offered by Technical
Preservation
Services to provide professional development alternatives and
enrichment
programs for professional preservationists, local preservation
commissions,
volunteers, and anyone interested in more in-depth training in
historic preservation.
All of the online programs are available at www.nps.gov/tps/education/online-training.htm.
Technical Preservation
Services, Cultural Resources, Partnerships and Science,
National Park Service,
develops historic preservation policy and guidance on
preserving and
rehabilitating historic buildings, administers the Federal
Historic
Preservation Tax Incentives Program for rehabilitating
historic buildings, and
sets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the
Treatment of Historic
Properties.
-- Katrina L. Ringler Grants Manager / CLG Coordinator Cultural Resources Division Kansas State Historical Society 6425 SW 6th Avenue Topeka KS 66615-1099 (785) 272-8681 ext.215 (785) 272-8682 FAX krin...@kshs.org Join the Discussion! Sign up for the Preserving Kansas eGroup and check out upcoming preservation workshops at kshs.org/portal_preserve.