Spanish Historic House Foundation explores interventions to improve energy efficiency on ancient buildings, which respect their cultural values and avoid irreversible and inaccurate actions.

The conference 'Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings: in the footsteps of Europe' will take place on the 25th and 26th of September 2013 in the Auditorium of the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Although this topic has been generating a lot of debate at European level, it is still little known in Spain.

Elena Lucchi from EURAC research will introduce into the state of the art and research on international level, and contribute to the discussion with 3ENCULT's experience on how to approach an energy retrofit to make it conservation compatible.

The current state of scientific research, the tolls for knowing the levels of energy consumption and the practical solutions to achieve significant energy savings, the possibilities regarding renewable energies, the existing funding systems to apply and some practical examples of successful interventions will be some of the discussed subjects. The conferences are dedicated to owners and managers of historic buildings and professionals involved in their energetic rehabilitation.

The Fundación de Casas Históricas y Singulares (Historic Houses Foundation), a Spanish organization dedicated to the preservation, dissemination and protection of historical heritage, organizes this conference with the support of the Secretary of State for Europe of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.


For more information please

• have a look at the attached programme
• contact Elena Lucchi, EURAC research, +39 0471 055653
• or directly the conference organisors
  sofia@casashistoricas.com
  www.casashistoricas.com
  https://www.facebook.com/energia.y.edificacion.historica