Moisture-related Risks of Insulated Lime Finishes - Literature Review and Gap Analysis - AWARD

Historic England · awarded 19 December 2024

Who

Buyer	Historic England Wiltshire
Supplier	University of Plymouth Enterprise Limited
Category	services
Classification	Research services CPV 73110000
Notice published	16 January 2025

What it is for

Historic England is an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. We are the Government's advisor on the historic environment. Our purpose is to improve people's lives by championing and protecting the historic environment. Through our work, collaboration, creativity and expertise we want everyone to be able to connect with and learn from our heritage. Climate change is one of the most challenging issues of our time, with potential negative consequences for both people and heritage. This project will assist Historic England showing how heritage can play an important role in improving energy efficiency through mitigation measures. This project will assist Historic England in planning future activity around commitments within our Corporate Plan and the Government's third National Adaptation Programme. The Historic Building Climate Change Adaptation Team initiated a research programme on Insulated Lime Finishes in 2022. The overall programme seeks to understand the performance of insulated lime finishes (plasters and renders) both in terms of moisture transport and heat transfer. It also seeks to ascertain whether they are an appropriate energy efficiency measure for use on buildings of traditional construction from a material compatibility point of view. Their potential impact on the heritage significance of the building are outside of the scope of the overarching research programme. The research programme was structured in different phases from its inception, looking at short, medium- and long-term studies. Two phases have already been completed (see section 3. Background). The current research proposal builds on the findings of those previous phases, but focusses on understanding whether research has been undertaken…

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