Context 149 - May 2017

www.ihbc.org.uk @IHBCtweet Registered as a charity in England andWales number 1061593 and in Scotland number SC041945. Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England number 3333780. Registered Office: Jubilee House, High Street,Tisbury, Wiltshire SP3 6HA Officers President David McDonald, president@ihbc.org.uk Chair James Caird, chair@ihbc.org.uk Vice Chair Kathryn Davies, vchair@ihbc.org.uk Secretary Jo Evans, ihbcsecretary@ihbc.org.uk Treasurer Richard Morrice, treasurer@ihbc.org.uk National Office Director Seán O’Reilly, director@ihbc.org.uk Projects Officer Fiona Newton, projects@ihbc.org.uk Consultations Coordinator consultations@ihbc.org.uk Membership Services Officer Carmen Moran, membershipservices@ihbc.org.uk LETS Officer Kate Kendall, lets@ihbc.org.uk Branch & Events Support Officer Carla Pianese, support@ihbc.org.uk Administration Officer Lydia Porter, admin@ihbc.org.uk Committee Chairs Policy Roy Lewis, policy@ihbc.org.uk Membership & Ethics David Kincaid, membership@ihbc.org.uk Finance & Resources Richard Morrice, resources@ihbc.org.uk Education Bridget Turnbull, education@ihbc.org.uk Communications & Outreach Dave Chetwyn, communications@ihbc.org.uk Branch Officers North vacant NorthWest Crispin Edwards, 07768 502363 Yorkshire Matthew Bentley, 0113 247 8145 West Midlands vacant East Midlands Roy Lewis, 01623 756623 South Julia Foster, 01296 585888 SouthWest vacant East Anglia vacant South East Sanne Roberts, southeast@ihbc.org.uk London Sheila Stones, 01223 582716 Scotland Paul Zochowski, 01620 827264 Wales John Edwards, 07796 440934 Northern Ireland Jill Kerry, 028 9048 7395 Republic of Ireland Cormac O’Sullivan, 00353 5677 62907 GREENRETROFIT What thegovernmentand industryareup to Thermography for traditionalbuildings How solidwallsperform The retrofitprocess No149May2017 InstituteofHistoricBuildingConservation Cover: A detail of a thermographic image of a small house, see page 17 (Image: Jo Atkinson) 2 Briefing 4 Periodically 6 The writer’s voice 7 Legal briefing 11 The retrofit process John Edwards, guest commissioning editor 13 The government, the industry and green retrofit John Preston 15 Understanding dampness John Edwards and Peter Ward 17 Thermography for traditional buildings Jo Atkinson 19 A world perspective on retrofit Peter Cox 20 Improving the energy performance of historic buildings and urban areas Carsten Hermann 23 How to deal with retrofit risks Colin King 25 Understanding the performance of solid walls Caroline Rye and Cameron Scott 28 Energy efficiency for the National Trust Paul Southall 31 The Gardens Trust David Lambert 33 The Romani palaces of Soroca Dennis Rodwell 36 Hangzhou’s old and new heritages Sun Peifang 39 A pigsty’s hidden history Cyllene Griffiths 43 Notes from the chair 44 New members 45 Director’s cut 47 New member profile 48 Vox pop 50 Book reviews 53 Products and services 56 Advertisers index C O N T E X T 1 4 9 : M A Y 2 0 1 7 1

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