Photo of a painter touching up the ceiling using yellow paint
Restoring the ceiling of the Assembly Room in St Albans Grade II* listed town hall, now the St Albans Museum and Art Gallery © St Albans Museums
Restoring the ceiling of the Assembly Room in St Albans Grade II* listed town hall, now the St Albans Museum and Art Gallery © St Albans Museums

Heritage Counts: Recycling Historic Buildings to Tackle Climate Change

Recycling existing historic buildings is essential if we are to cut the UK’s carbon emissions. Following publication of this year’s Heritage Counts report, members of the East Historic Environment Forum show how sympathetically reusing historic buildings can improve their energy efficiency.