The artistic and cultural heritage of European cities draws tourists from all over the world. Can we preserve areas and improve energy efficiency at the same time?

Churches, museums and monuments are often not very well preserved. Further to this, climate change, natural disasters and pollution are also threatening the conservation of historical heritage. From 22 to 24 March 2011, in the framework of the European project NET–HERITAGE (European Network on Research Programme Applied to the Protection of Tangible Cultural Heritage), a conference was held in Brussels to present good practices in the preservation of cultural heritage. A special focus was also on ongoing projects and their impact on the economic development of a country.

On this occasion the project 3ENCULT (Efficient Energy for EU Cultural Heritage) was presented by Christoph Franzen of the IDK (Institut für Diagnostik und Konservierung an Denkmalen in Sachsen und Sachsen- Anhalt e.V.).  Members of 3ENCULT are involved in this discussion on how to overcome the fragmented funding policies for research in Europe and identifying common research priorities for the future.

Press release available here.

Date:

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 - Thursday, March 24th, 2011, Brussels

Further information:

Christoph Franzen (IDK), phone: +49 351 48430 408