“European Heritage Homes in Green Transition” 

Hybrid Conference “European Heritage Homes in Green Transition”

28-29 October 2024, Tallinn, Estonia,  zoom and FB livestream. Conference language is in English, with simultaneous translation into Estonian.

Organisers: ICOMOS Estonia in cooperation with ICOMOS European National committees, Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Climate, National Heritage Board, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonian Academy of Arts,  Estonian Museum of Architecture and Estonian Open Air Museum 

Conference is part of the  LIFE heritageHOME  project co-funded by the European Union. More about the aims of the project https://www.kul.ee/en/heritagehome

Aims of the conference: 1) to highlight current trends and strategies for cultural heritage in green transition in Europe and in Esronia ; 2) to exchange experiences from ongoing research and development programmes on energy renovation and heritage; 3) to share challenges and success stories of improving energy efficiency via concrete examples of historic homes.

Locations:  Estonian Museum of Architecture and Estonian Open Air Museum, Tallinn. FB livestream, zoom

For participation in the conference (in presence or in zoom), please register here. NB! There are limited number of places https://forms.gle/Z8hXPJVgVxn6G4Zj9.

FB https://fb.me/e/4S0hy49Mq

October 28th, 2024 

Conference “Heritage Homes in Green Transition”  in the Estonian Museum of Architecture, zoom, FB livestream

In English, simultaneous translation into Estonian

  • keynote lectures on strategies for green transition and cultural heritage internationally and in Europe
  • national case studies and positive examples of cultural heritage in green transition
  • roundtable discussion on the energy and climate solutions appropriate for heritage homes

9.30 coffee

Moderators of the day: Ülar Mark and Henry Kuningas

10.00 Opening words. Ministry of Culture. Ministry of Climate

          Karen Jagodin, Estonian Museum of Architecture

10.10 Welcome lecture. Riin Alatalu ICOMOS vice president; Ave Paulus, ICOMOS Estonia, President, Climate Action WGICOMOS work on historical buildings in Green Transition

10.30 Anne Grady, Ireland, European Parliament. Cultural heritage from a European perspective

10.50 Johanna LeissnerGermany, chair of EU open method of coordination expert group of member states. Strengthening cultural heritage resilience for climate change.

11.10 Robyn Pender, UK, Climate Heritage NetworkFinding new approaches to climate action from science and history.

11.30 Andro Mänd, Tallinn City Head Architect.  Tallinn in Green Transition.

11.50 Arturs Lapins, President of the Latvian Association of Architects (LAS)
ICOMOS Latvia. Sustainability in Restoration.

12.10 -13.00 lunch break

13.00 Kadri KallastMinistry of Culture, ICOMOS EstoniaHeritage Homes project. 

13.20 Philipp HesseICOMOS Germany. FuturHist – tailored intervention solutions for future-proofing historic buildings in Europe.

13.40 Ulrika Mebus and Tina Wik, ICOMOS Sweden. Energy efficiency policies and practice in Sweden.

14.00 Arnstein BrekkeICOMOS Norway. Historic homes and energy-efficiency in Norway

14.20 Marko Huttunen, Juulia MikkolaICOMOS Finland. – Examples of restoring historic homes with natural ventilation. 

14.40. Üllar AlevHeritage Board of Estonia, ICOMOS Estonia. – Opportunities and challenges of improving energy performance in historic buildings in Estonia. 

15.00 coffee

15.30-17.00  Panel discussion  – challenges for heritage homes in the green transition.

October 29th, 2024

9.30 coffee

10.00-12.00  – Roundtable discussion in the Museum of Architecture on innovative solutions for a green transition for European historic buildings. In English

Bus to the Estonian Open Air Museum, lunch in the Kolu Inn

15.00 – 18.00 Networking seminar for participants and ICOMOS experts in the Setu farm at the Estonian Open Air Museum. Presentations on sustainable energy solutions for historic buildings. In English

Moderator: Elo Lutsepp, ICOMOS estonia, Estonian Open Air Museum

Eran Mordohovitch. ICOMOS Israel & Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. – Between two cities. Energy efficiency and sustainability considerations and implementation in two World Heritage Cities along the Mediterranean eastern coasts.

Petra Eriksson. Uppsala University Campus Gotland. – Aligning Homeowners’ Attitudes Toward Cultural Values and Energy Efficiency with Societal Demands – results from a study in historic single-family buildings in Sweden.

Alois Andreas Põdra, The Centre of Rural Architecture, Estonian Open Air Museum. – Technical state and energy performance of unlisted heritage buildings in the renovation wave: an Estonian perspective. 

Organisers: ICOMOS Estonia  in cooperation with the ICOMOS National committees, Estonian Ministry of Culture, Estonian Ministry of Climate, Estonian National Heritage Board, Tallinn Technical University, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonian Open Air Museum, Estonian Museum of Architecture

FB livestream https://fb.me/e/55eKr7tTD

For participation in the conference (in presence or in zoom), please register here. NB! There are limited number of places https://forms.gle/Z8hXPJVgVxn6G4Zj9.

Contact:

Ave Paulus, President of ICOMOS Estonia, estonia@icomos.org, +3725239404