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Climate Protection Versus Building Heritage Preservation - Influence of Renewable Energy Installations on Historical Buildings
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3241-4860
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1497-3415
Climate change is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. Renewable energy systems using solar and wind do not emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and thus may contribute to stave off the worst effects of rising temperatures. Europe strives for becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent until 2050. Therefore, also Germany intends to expand the share of renewable energy and supports the implementation of renewable energy systems. Beside all advantages, the increased installation of renewable energy solutions also has a number of disadvantages. One of those is the negative effect on the appearance of cultural heritage.
In Germany, around 1.3 million cultural heritage structures exist. The German law obliges heritage protection authorities to preserve building heritage and to prevent the historical appearance of protected structures from negative effects. But, the implementation of renewable energy systems may create a conflict between environmental interests and building heritage preservation goals.
The authors analyze the increased implementation of renewable energy sources in Europe in general, and in Germany in particular. They focus on solar and wind energy installations. Additionally, the authors inform about current requirements resulting from German heritage preservation law. The paper explains how renewable energy solutions may negatively affect protected historical buildings and discusses the consequences for heritage preservation. As methodology, the authors use analysis of current German court cases as well as research literature under consideration of the experience of heritage protection authorities. Conclusion is that European countries should avoid playing off environmental goals and protection cultural heritage against each other, in the interest future generations.
Climate Protection Versus Building Heritage Preservation - Influence of Renewable Energy Installations on Historical Buildings
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3241-4860
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1497-3415
Climate change is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. Renewable energy systems using solar and wind do not emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and thus may contribute to stave off the worst effects of rising temperatures. Europe strives for becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent until 2050. Therefore, also Germany intends to expand the share of renewable energy and supports the implementation of renewable energy systems. Beside all advantages, the increased installation of renewable energy solutions also has a number of disadvantages. One of those is the negative effect on the appearance of cultural heritage.
In Germany, around 1.3 million cultural heritage structures exist. The German law obliges heritage protection authorities to preserve building heritage and to prevent the historical appearance of protected structures from negative effects. But, the implementation of renewable energy systems may create a conflict between environmental interests and building heritage preservation goals.
The authors analyze the increased implementation of renewable energy sources in Europe in general, and in Germany in particular. They focus on solar and wind energy installations. Additionally, the authors inform about current requirements resulting from German heritage preservation law. The paper explains how renewable energy solutions may negatively affect protected historical buildings and discusses the consequences for heritage preservation. As methodology, the authors use analysis of current German court cases as well as research literature under consideration of the experience of heritage protection authorities. Conclusion is that European countries should avoid playing off environmental goals and protection cultural heritage against each other, in the interest future generations.
Climate Protection Versus Building Heritage Preservation - Influence of Renewable Energy Installations on Historical Buildings
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3241-4860
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1497-3415
Climate change is one of the major challenges of the 21st century. Renewable energy systems using solar and wind do not emit carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and thus may contribute to stave off the worst effects of rising temperatures. Europe strives for becoming the world’s first climate-neutral continent until 2050. Therefore, also Germany intends to expand the share of renewable energy and supports the implementation of renewable energy systems. Beside all advantages, the increased installation of renewable energy solutions also has a number of disadvantages. One of those is the negative effect on the appearance of cultural heritage.
In Germany, around 1.3 million cultural heritage structures exist. The German law obliges heritage protection authorities to preserve building heritage and to prevent the historical appearance of protected structures from negative effects. But, the implementation of renewable energy systems may create a conflict between environmental interests and building heritage preservation goals.
The authors analyze the increased implementation of renewable energy sources in Europe in general, and in Germany in particular. They focus on solar and wind energy installations. Additionally, the authors inform about current requirements resulting from German heritage preservation law. The paper explains how renewable energy solutions may negatively affect protected historical buildings and discusses the consequences for heritage preservation. As methodology, the authors use analysis of current German court cases as well as research literature under consideration of the experience of heritage protection authorities. Conclusion is that European countries should avoid playing off environmental goals and protection cultural heritage against each other, in the interest future generations.
Climate Protection Versus Building Heritage Preservation - Influence of Renewable Energy Installations on Historical Buildings
RILEM Bookseries
Endo, Yohei (editor) / Hanazato, Toshikazu (editor) / Quapp, Ulrike (author) / Holschemacher, Klaus (author)
International Conference on Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions ; 2023 ; Kyoto, Japan
Structural Analysis of Historical Constructions ; Chapter: 97 ; 1192-1203
RILEM Bookseries ; 46
2023-09-02
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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