Description
Carrick is a consultancy dedicated to addressing climate change impacts on heritage buildings through research-driven, sustainable retrofitting, policy collaboration, and skilled knowledge transfer.
Key Points:
- Carrick promotes low-carbon, heritage-sensitive retrofitting using natural materials like lime, hemp, and cork.
- It collaborates internationally (e.g., ICOMOS, UN, Historic Environment Scotland) to shape policies and frameworks for climate-adaptive heritage management.
- A strong focus is placed on training, simplified funding access, and post-retrofit performance monitoring to improve outcomes across the sector.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how Carrick integrates conservation and carbon reduction through sustainable materials and whole-life cycle analysis.
- Recognise the role of international collaboration and national policy in adapting heritage frameworks to climate challenges.
- Identify barriers and solutions in upskilling professionals, grant accessibility, and measuring retrofit effectiveness in historic buildings.
