Embodied Energy and Historic Preservation: A Needed Reassessment
APT Bulletin, 36(4): 48-52, 2005
By: Association for Preservation Technology International, Mike Jackson
https://blogs.umass.edu/honors391a-clouston/files/2012/08/1.3.-Embodied-Energy-and-Historic-Preservation-A-Needed-Reassesment1.pdf
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This article introduces the concept of embodied energy and explains how it can be used to make the case for renovation over new construction. Table 2 shares the embodied energy before and after delivery to jobsite for a variety of building materials, which can help preservationists calculate the environmental benefit of historic preservation.