SUSTAINABILITY
Two New Sustainability Grants
SECOND "HISTORIC COMMUNITIES ARE GREEN COMMUNITIES" Study Grant
Following the first successful Historic Communities grant, a second grant is available for fiscal year 2013 for any community desiring to produce a study or further an effort to plan for a sustainable historic district. The Study Grant is a matching grant which provides 60% of the total funding requirements. The Grant Request for Proposals can be accessed here. Additional information for creating a budget can be found here.
The deadline for proposal submission for "HISTORIC COMMUNITIES ARE GREEN COMMUNITIES" is June 1, 2012.
''GREEN EVENT'' Grants Offered
OHP,
as part of its mission to educate the California public regarding
historic resources and to promote heritage conservation, together with
OHP’s commitment to sustainable development and resource conservation,
proposes to partner with organizations promoting energy efficient
infrastructure to:
• Highlight projects, processes and services which conserve both resources and historic buildings;
• Promote historic preservation practice as one means to conserve resources, and
• Encourage students to participate in sustainable preservation events and challenge them to think critically about their consumption choices.
OHP is soliciting proposals to fund individual events that meet the above description from eligible non-profit organizations whose missions include the promotion of historic preservation/urban/civic planning, and/or energy resource conservation/sustainability. Qualifying events must:
• Provide an introduction or discussion of preservation practices and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, and
• Introduce or demonstrate best practices for the integration and/or maintenance of sustainability and preservation, or
• Showcase a project that demonstrates the integration of energy and material conservation principles, products or practices into a historic building which meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
Individual Event sponsorships are in the maximum amount of $500 per event. The Event Grant is a matching grant with a 60/40 split. The maximum amount of the grant is $500, which would require a $333 minimum match from other funding sources.
• Highlight projects, processes and services which conserve both resources and historic buildings;
• Promote historic preservation practice as one means to conserve resources, and
• Encourage students to participate in sustainable preservation events and challenge them to think critically about their consumption choices.
OHP is soliciting proposals to fund individual events that meet the above description from eligible non-profit organizations whose missions include the promotion of historic preservation/urban/civic planning, and/or energy resource conservation/sustainability. Qualifying events must:
• Provide an introduction or discussion of preservation practices and the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, and
• Introduce or demonstrate best practices for the integration and/or maintenance of sustainability and preservation, or
• Showcase a project that demonstrates the integration of energy and material conservation principles, products or practices into a historic building which meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
Individual Event sponsorships are in the maximum amount of $500 per event. The Event Grant is a matching grant with a 60/40 split. The maximum amount of the grant is $500, which would require a $333 minimum match from other funding sources.
Each
organization may apply for as many as three qualifying events as
scheduled for the 2013 fiscal year, which is defined as October 1, 2012
through September 30, 2013. The grant is in the form of a
reimbursement, to be distributed after the event and receipt of any
student invoices.
"Green Event" grant proposals are due Friday August 10th. Download the Green Event Grant RFP here.
Any questions regarding these two grants can be referred to Mark Huck at (916) 445-7011.
Just Released! Environmental Quantification of Historic Buildings Report from National Trust
The Greenest Building: Quantifying the Environmental Value of Building Reuse,
the eagerly anticipated report from the Preservation Green Lab of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation is now available. This report
which provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the potential
environmental benefit of building reuse, concludes that, when comparing
buildings of equivalent size and function, building reuse almost always
offers environmental savings over demolition and new construction.The report’s key findings offer policy-makers, building owners, developers, architects and engineers compelling evidence of the merits of reusing existing buildings as opposed to tearing them down and building new.
- Reuse Matters: Building reuse typically offers greater environmental savings than demolition and new construction. It can take between 10 to 80 years for a new energy efficient building to overcome, through efficient operations, the climate change impacts created by its construction. The study finds that the majority of building types in different climates will take between 20-30 years to compensate for the initial carbon impacts from construction.
- Scale Matters: Collectively, building reuse and retrofits substantially reduce climate change impacts. Retrofitting, rather than demolishing and replacing, just 1% of the city of Portland’s office buildings and single family homes over the next ten years would help to meet 15% of their county’s total CO2 reduction targets over the next decade.
- Design Matters: The environmental benefits of reuse are maximized by minimizing the input of new construction materials. Renovation projects that require many new materials can reduce or even negate the benefits of reuse.
SUSTAINABILITY
The accepted definition of sustainability from the U.N. World Commission on Environment and Development's 1987 report, "Our Common Future" is that sustainability involves "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." The intersection of sustainable design and historic preservation would seem a natural alliance.Older and historic buildings comprise more than half of the existing buildings in the United States. Retention and adaptive reuse of these buildings preserves the materials, embodied energy, and human capital already expended in their construction. The recycling of buildings is one of the most beneficial "green" practices, and stresses the importance and value of historic preservation in the overall promotion of sustainability.
OHP promotes energy and resource conservation in historic buildings and believes this can be accomplished responsibly without compromising the qualities that define their intrinsic historic character. This web page intends to further the discussion and provide examples of sustainability in preservation.
RECENTLY RELEASED:
REVISED NPS PRESERVATION BRIEF 3: “IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS”
The National Park Service has recently revised and released Preservation Brief 3, originally written by Baird M. Smith AIA and distributed April 1978. The
revised Brief captures current developments in sustainability and best
practices in their use. The link to the brief can be found on the OHP
web page “Sustainable Information Resources” here.
SUSTAINABLE NORTH PARK MAIN STREET REPORT AVAILABLE ONLINE
In
2009, Wayne Donaldson, California’s State Historic Preservation
Officer, challenged North Park Main Street to become the state’s first
Sustainable Main Street program. Community leaders embraced this
challenge and later that year convened a group of local stakeholders to
develop the framework of a sustainability plan in North Park. Working in
partnership with OHP, volunteer professionals at Platt/Whitelaw
Architects, OBR Architecture, and Zagrodnik+Thomas Architects, NPMS has
completed its Sustainable North Park Main Street Study. This Study
models energy conservation retrofits using prototypical North Park
commercial buildings and expected energy savings, and provides concrete
examples of conservation practice for energy, water, open space and
tenant operations. The full study can be found online here.
WINDOW REPAIR
Repair or replacement of original windows is always one of the hottest topics in preservation. There are reasons to replace windows that are too deteriorated to be technically feasible to repair, but energy conservation is not a reason in and of itself to replace an original window. Our new web page WINDOW REPAIR & RETROFIT: Studies + Research features several well-documented studies that demonstrate repair as a viable and preferable sustainable choice. These studies are guaranteed suitable for printing out and waving in the air at your next historic preservation meeting.
CEQA & GENERAL PLANS
Cities are beginning to include CEQA requirements to mitigate greenhouse gas production in their General Plans. Some cities with good examples are showcased on the Legislation, Policies, Ordinances page. Major Renovation Design Incentives: Savings By Design is offering incentives to designers of nonresidential new construction or major renovation projects that are located within the service territory of a participating utility and will reduce Title 24 energy consumption requirements by at least 15% on a whole building performance basis. Check here for all the requirements of the program.
SOLAR RIGHTS ACT: A SUGGESTED BASIS FOR REVIEW There has been concern among historic preservation commissions as to how or whether to approach the review of design of solar installations in historic districts or on historic resources. Parts of the language contained within the Solar Rights Act suggest that no "aesthetic" reviews are permitted. However, the Solar Rights Act, interpreted as a whole, suggests alternative courses of action. Visit our Solar Rights Act web page to learn more.
SEND OHP EXAMPLES
OHP is seeking examples of California green preservation rehabilitations, both LEED certified and non-LEED certified, sustainable local ordinances that incorporated historic building considerations, and stories of green and preservation experiences. Questions and/or examples can be forwarded to Mark Huck, AIA, LEED AP.TWO NEW SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS
SECOND "HISTORIC COMMUNITIES ARE GREEN COMMUNITIES" Study GrantFollowing the first successful Historic Communities are Green Communities grant, a second grant is available for fiscal year 2013 for any community desiring to produce a study or further an effort to plan for a sustainable historic district. The Study Grant is a matching grant which provides 60% of the total funding requirements. The Grant Request for Proposals can be accessed here. Additional information for creating a budget can be found here.
The deadline for proposal submission for "HISTORIC COMMUNITIES ARE GREEN COMMUNITIES" is June 1, 2012.
Related Pages
- AIA & USBGC Self Report
- CALIFORNIA SOLAR RIGHTS ACT
- GREEN BUILDING CODES
- GREEN PRESERVATION IN THE NEWS
- GREEN RATING SYSTEMS & HISTORIC PRESERVATION
- HISTORIC HOME & BUILDING ENERGY RETROFITS
- LEGISLATION, POLICIES, ORDINANCES
- LIFE CYCLE COST ACCOUNTING
- PRESERVATION CASE STUDIES
- SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION RESOURCES
- WINDOW REPAIR & RETROFIT: STUDIES & RESEARCH
OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION
1725 23rd Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95816
PH: 916-445-7000
FAX: 916-445-7053
1725 23rd Street, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95816
PH: 916-445-7000
FAX: 916-445-7053
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