2009 Heritage Day Event - February 16
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| HPI partnered with the Ecology Action Centre to host a day long seminar exploring the ways we can continue to build the value of our existing building stock from the environmental perspective, along with the rich heritage and historical value these buildings process. With a range of speakers covering deep energy retrofits of existing structures, to the practicalities of heritage conservation, comparison of new construction vs. retrofits on financial and investment considerations, and natural building techniques to renovate and renew our current building stock.
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Fire Safety and Code Compliance for Heritage Buildings
Halifax, June 2007
In June 2007 NSHPI, working closely with the provincial Fire Marshal, prepared and hosted a one-day workshop, “Code Compliance for Heritage Buildings.” The workshop brought together 94 people in both the regulatory and private sectors, who have common issues with the protection, use and adaptation of heritage buildings in Nova Scotia. Feedback from participants was very positive and many suggested further workshops in this area would be of great benefit to those working as building and fire inspectors.
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Standards & Guidelines Officer Speaks to Carpentry Students
Bridgewater, September 2007
NSHPI presented a lecture to the Heritage Carpentry class at the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Lunenburg campus in Bridgewater. The NSHPI Standards and Guidelines Officer, Jeffrey Reed, lectured to thirty-five students enrolled in the Heritage Carpentry program. The full-day lecture provided the students with an overview of the valuable heritage assets across the province, as well as a better understanding of the use of historic materials and traditional construction methods in today’s work environment.
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Presentation of 'Points in Time' Maps
2006-2008
In 2005 NSHPI undertook a special educational project - to compare historic 'Bird's Eye View Maps' which include drawings of buildings and structures, with the modern cultural landscape of five Nova Scotia communities; in other words, document what buildings have been saved.
Between 2006 and 2008, each participating community hosted a special ceremony where NSHPI presented a mounted copy of the map and thanked the community and property owners for their dedication to heritage conservation. |
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