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Morwenna Slade, a conservation-accredited building surveyor with a deep interest in both the natural and built environment, explains Historic England’s role as a statutory consultee in planning, providing technical guidance and training, and carrying out research to confront upcoming climate challenges.
In this episode, she argues that sustainability and conservation are ‘well-matched’ to deliver change on the ground.
Slade also explains the range of guidance and webinars available from Historic England, as well as the current research agenda which includes ‘hazard mapping’ of regional risks. This involves granular mapping of overheating, flooding, slope collapse, shrink-swell capacity and storm exposure under different emissions scenarios and their implications for the built environment.
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About Morwenna Slade
Morwenna Slade is Historic England’s head of historic building climate change adaptation, a new post she took up two years ago. A conservation-accredited building surveyor, she has previously worked for the National Trust and the Churches Conservation Trust. She is also a member of the technical panel of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation, which reviews upcoming national guidance and policies for both traditional materials and new technologies, as well as a society for the preservation of ancient buildings guardian for the Somerset region. She is based in Bristol.
Projects and resources mentioned in this episode
HE Lessons from the Global South webinars
UK Climate Hazard Mapping for Heritage
STBA Responsible Retrofit Guidance Wheel
Credits
Climate Champions is produced in association with ACAN, the Architects’ Climate Action Network
Podcast produced and edited by Simon Aldous
Music: Edmilson do Pífano, Forró de dois Amigos. Interpretation: Felipe Tanaka e banda Balaio de Baião