Saving Energy in a Historic Property

Photograph illustrating the English Heritage web page on Saving Energy
 

You can improve the energy efficiency of your home in ways sympathetic to its historic character.  For example by draught-proofing, improving insulation or bringing internal shutters back into use.  Changing to a condensing flue gas boiler and improving heating controls or installing secondary glazing can also significantly improve energy performance.

Climate Change and your Home

See our 'Climate Change and Your Home' website for advice that is tailored to the  period of your house and the region in which you live.

Visit Climate Change and Your Home website

Guidance on Energy Efficiency

See 'Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings' for practical ways to improve a building's energy efficiency.

Guidance on energy efficiency

Sash windows

Sash windows are a precious part of our built heritage that makes the places in which we work and live special. But keeping them is not just a matter of taste it also makes economic and ecological sense. 

More on sash windows