Track 3/Volet 3

CS3.5: Environmental threats to heritage places

Saturday, November 16, 2024

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST

CE: 1.5

Session Chair(s)

Carolina Espinoza Sanhueza, PhD (she/her/hers)

Postdoctoral Researcher
Université Laval

Speaker(s)

Ron Anthony, MS

President and Wood Scientist
Anthony & Associates, Inc.
Kate Cowing, AIA, APT-RP (she/her/hers)

Preservation Architect
Kate Cowing Architect, LLC
Eliot Heath, MS

Cultural Resources Specialist
Parametrix
Paul Wright, MDS HP (he/him/his)

Director of Preservation and Maintenance
The House of the Seven Gables

This session has qualified for 1.5 LU|HSW Credits

This session focuses on the preservation of historic buildings and spaces in relation to the challenges of climate change. These challenges include managing climate challenges in organisations, fire risk and management, flooding and architectural solutions to these risks. At the end of this session the audience will be able to:
- Describe climate planning action techniques created by organisms for building preservation.
- Identify flood risk in historic buildings and provide solutions for wet-flood proofing.
- Identify wildland fire behaviour and reduce the impact on historic resources.
- Incorporate architectural solutions of historic buildings considering climate challenges for future.

Learning Objectives:

Audience will be able to describe climate planning action techniques created by organisms for building preservation.
Audience will be able to identify flood risk in historic buildings and provide solutions for wet-flood proofing.
Audience will be able to identify wildland fire behaviour and reduce the impact on historic resources.
Audience will be able to incorporate architectural solutions of historic buildings considering climate challenges for future.

Presentations:

2:00 PM – 2:20 PM EST

(CS3.5) Resilient History: Assessments, Preservation, and Climate Adaptations at the House of the Seven Gables in Salem, Massachusetts
Speaker: Paul Wright, MDS HP (he/him/his) – The House of the Seven Gables
Session Chair: Carolina Espinoza Sanhueza, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université Laval
2:20 PM – 2:40 PM EST

(CS3.5) The Four Mills Barn and the Rising Water
Speaker: Kate Cowing, AIA, APT-RP (she/her/hers) – Kate Cowing Architect, LLC
Session Chair: Carolina Espinoza Sanhueza, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université Laval
2:40 PM – 3:00 PM EST

(CS3.5) Protecting Historic Resources from Wildland Fire
Speaker: Ron Anthony, MS – Anthony & Associates, Inc.
Session Chair: Carolina Espinoza Sanhueza, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université Laval
3:00 PM – 3:10 PM EST

(CS3.5) Up the River: Flooding, Climate Change, and Rural Preservation in Guerneville, California
Speaker: Eliot F. Heath, MS – Parametrix
Session Chair: Carolina Espinoza Sanhueza, PhD (she/her/hers) – Université Laval