Assessing the Energy Conservation Benefits of Historic Preservation: Methods and Examples

摘要

This study contains formulas to measure the energy needed to restore and rehabilitate existing buildings and that needed to demolish and replace them with comparable new construction. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation has developed these formulas to assist it in discharging its responsibilities under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, which requires Federal agencies to seek the comments of the Council when their undertakings affect properties incillded in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, and Title I of the Public Buildings Cooperative Use Act, which requires the Council to advise the General Services Administration on the suitability of historic buildings in a given geographical area for needed Federal office space or other mixed uses. This study provides the Council with another tool for determining the total worth of historic structures, and, in specific cases, whether the retention and continued use of threatened properties are in the public interest. This study provides the Council with another tool for determining the total worth of threatened properties, and, in particular cases, whether retention and continued use are in the public interest.