Cities both large and small are embracing sustainability for a number of reasons and in a variety of different ways. The Summer 2012 issue of Forum Journal focuses on the efforts of local communities to integrate historic preservation with sustainability goals. These efforts range from ...
FJ_Summer_12.pdf
This issue of the Forum Journal takes you to the Pacific Northwest—an area with a rich history and breathtaking scenery, and the setting for the National Preservation Conference in October. Stephanie Toothman, associate director for Cultural Resources at the National Park Service, provides an...
FJ_Spring_12.pdf
T able of Contents • Introduction by Emily Wadhams • Historic Preservation and Green Buildings: Finding Common Ground by Richard Moe • Positioning Preservation in the Center of the Green Area by Steve Tilly • The Secretary Standards and Leed: Where They Work Together and Where...
FJ_Spring 2009.pdf
A guide for historic preservation commissions on how to include sustainability principles in design guidelines for rehabilitation of historic properties and for design of compatible new construction in historic districts. #PreservationTools #GreenGuidelines #historicdistricts #design
DevSusGuidelines.pdf
The Preservation Green Lab’s recently released report, Saving Windows, Saving Money: Evaluating the Energy Performance of Window Replacement and Retrofit, helps owners of historic homes make informed decisions about the pros and cons of retrofitting or replacing older windows in order to...
FFSavingWindows.pdf
Twenty-five years ago, the National Trust committed itself to creating a “forum” to ask tough questions, share ideas and information, inspire action, and celebrate accomplishments. Forum Journal has been a key channel for this work. Our Fall 2012 edition features seven articles that have made a...
FJ_Fall12.pdf
"Cultural resource preservation is intrinsically a form of sustainable conservation. The built environment represents the embodied energy of past civilizations… historic preservation is conservation in every sense of the word.” 1 Preserving a building is often called the ultimate recycling...
Sustainable and Resilient Communities: A Comprehensive Action Plan for Towns, Cities and Regions by Stephen Coyle, AIA, LEED AP, CNU is an insightful and well-thought-out manual for municipalities in need of some soul-searching into their planning methodology. A co-founder of the National...
A page has turned. In decades hence, 2006 may well be regarded as the year when the national discussion about the future of our cities, perhaps our civilization, changed from a debate over whether human impacts on the environment are leading to potentially severe problems to one focused on what...
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