26/30565262 DC

This standard 26/30565262 DC BS EN 16883 Conservation of cultural heritage. Guidelines for improving the energy performance of historic buildings is classified in these ICS categories:

• 97.195 Items of art and handicrafts. Cultural property and heritage

This document provides guidelines for sustainably improving the energy performance of historic buildings, e.g. historically, architecturally or culturally valuable buildings, while respecting their significance. The use of this document is not limited to buildings with statutory heritage designation, it applies to historic buildings of all types and ages. This document presents a normative working procedure for selecting measures to improve energy performance, based on an investigation, analysis and documentation of the building including its significance. The procedure assesses the impact of those measures in relation to preserving the character-defining elements of the building.