Centre for Sustainable Building Conservation
The Centre for Sustainable Building Conservation, hosted in the Welsh School of Architecture, sets out to address critical challenges for the future care of built heritage with respect to climate change and social and environmental sustainability.
Overview
Alongside an MSc programme which has run since 2013, a series of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and government funded research projects have specifically addressed issues of maintaining heritage in the public domain, the role of digital documentation for contested heritage, life cycle analysis and Smart Heritage Building Performance Measurement for Sustainability (HBIM), the correlation of maintenance with sustainability, and the technical challenges of thermally upgrading timber framed buildings.
Externally funded research
| Title | Funding agency/partners | Date | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbourview. See also: Historic harbours of Ireland and Wales (Principal Investigator: Professor Oriel Prizeman). | ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) and IRC (Irish Research Council) | 2021–22 | £9,878 |
| Shelf-Life: Re-imagining the future of Carnegie Public Libraries. See also: Carnegie Libraries of Britain (Principal Investigator: Professor Oriel Prizeman). | Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) | 2016–21 | £203,351 |
| Hygrothermal Monitoring of Timber-Frame Replacement Infill Panels (Principal Investigator: Dr Chris Whitman, Co-Investigator: Professor Oriel Prizeman). | Historic England | 2019–22 | £50,525 |
| Tamil Temple Towns: Conservation and Contestation (Principal Investigator: Prof Adam Hardy, Co-Investigator: Professor Oriel Prizeman). | AHRC | 2018–21 | £175,194 |
| Correlating maintenance, energy efficiency and fuel poverty for traditional buildings in the UK (Principal Investigator: Professor Oriel Prizeman, Co-Investigator: Dr Chris Whitman). | Cadw, Historic Scotland/ Historic England | 2016 | £7,500 |
| The historic city of Ajmer-Pushkar (Principal Investigator: Prof Adam Hardy, Co-Investigator: Professor Oriel Prizeman). | AHRC | 2016 | £30,516 |
Hilary Wyatt: Towards the Development of a Sustainable Framework for the Coherent Conservation of Historic Small-Scale Tidal Harbours in the UK (Main Supervisor: Professor Oriel Prizeman). | EPSRC PhD studentship | 2016–22 |
Externally funded consultancy
| Title | Funding agency/partners | Date | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Building Conservation consultancy (Professor Oriel Prizeman): National Slate Museum. | UNESCO WHS | 2022 | £6,675 |
| Consultancy services to Historic England in relation to energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in connection with climate change adaptation and mitigation (Dr Chris Whitman). | Historic England | 2020–21 | £13,522 |
| Laser Scan Elements of Caerphilly Castle. | Taliesin Construction | 2014–15 | £5,384 |
| Expert advisor Grants for Places of Worship Wales (Professor Oriel Prizeman). | Heritage Lottery Fund | 2013–14 | £5,564 |
