Noah's Ark Project

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University College London, Centre for Sustainable Heritage -- UCL (UK)

The UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage is the result of a partnership among three UCL departments: The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, the Institute of Archaeology and the School of Library, Archive and Information Studies. The Centre seeks to promote an interchange of ideas on heritage issues, whether physical, scientific, technological, environmental, social, economic or political. Its main research interests are: the Preventive conservation of historic buildings, and artifacts; Impact of `wear and tear' on heritage materials; Climate change effects and mitigation; Pollution effects and mitigation; Energy efficiency and sustainable use of natural and man-made resources; Environmental design; Cost/benefits assessment for sustainable use; Scientific and technological evidence to define heritage value; Impact of legislation and planning ; and Adaptive re-use of historic buildings. The Centre has recently completed a one-year national project for English Heritage on Climate Change and the Historic Environment (PNUM3167), which characterised the range of climate change effects that will be faced by UK Cultural Heritage and is currently working on the development of a post-flooding drying model. The Centre is closely involved with the development of practical preventive conservation strategies, in collaboration with heritage managers and other end user groups. As part of the Centre for Sustainable Heritage project, Predictive Study of Historic Objects, the Bartlett has developed a modelling methodology to determine the past climate in UK historic houses in order to assess its effect on the building fabric and collections.

Key Person:

May Cassar

is the Director of the Centre for Sustainable Heritage. A graduate of both the Institute of Archaeology (Archaeological Conservation) and The Bartlett (Environmental Design and Engineering) at UCL, she has advised and taught internationally in the field of preventive conservation. She has served on the Editorial Boards of the `Journal of European Cultural Heritage', IIC's `Reviews in Conservation' and UKIC's `The Conservator'. She has been co-ordinator of the ICOM-CC Preventive Conservation Working Group and in 2002 was elected onto the Directory Board of ICOM-CC. She has sat on a number of CIBSE task forces. She has organized a number of seminal conferences designed to break down the barriers between disciplines, among them Saving Energy for a Better Environment leading to the publication `Museums Environment Energy' and `Delivering a Successful Museum Building' published under the same name. She sat on the European Commission's External Advisory Panel for the 5th Framework Key Action, `City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage' and on the organizing committee of 4 EC conferences on the `Protection, Conservation and Enhancement of European Cultural Heritage'.

Participants

Role in the project

In Noah's Ark the UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage, with the collaboration of the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies and the Institute of Archaeology, will be responsible for the development of a drying-out model for cultural heritage buildings and the development of realistic adaptation strategies that cultural heritage organisations can adopt in response to climate change.

Contact Information

Internet Address

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainableheritage

Address

UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage
The Bartlett (Torrington Place Site)
University College London
Gower Street - London - WC1E 6BT
UK

Phone: +44 207 6791780
Fax: +44 207 9161887