Getting the balance right? Applying legislation when seeking a balance between energy transition and conservation of cultural value
Studies within the project
Harsh Bhati examines how laws and policies balance heritage preservation with energy sustainability at UNESCO World Heritage sites. More about Harsh's research.
Charlotte Mårland explores how legislation and policy instruments balances cultural heritage values and energy efficiency demand in the Nordic countries. More about Charlotte's work.
About the project
The “Getting the Balance Right?” project is conducted in collaboration between the Department of Law and the Department of Art History at Uppsala University. This interdisciplinary project aims to explore how existing legislation balances the goals of sustainable energy use on the one hand and the conservation of cultural heritage values, on the other. Specifically, this concerns energy efficiency measures in historic buildings, such as insulation, window replacement, and solar panels.
Laws are applied and interpreted at three levels: within the court system, in administrative decisions, and in small and big decisions in planning, projection, and implementation of renovations. In addition, we will examine policy instruments such as the tax deduction for green technology, which plays an important role in incentivizing the public to make sustainable choices.
Charlotte Mårland
Charlotte Mårland is a PhD candidate in Art history & Conservation, and is associated to GRASS (Graduate School in Sustainability Studies) at Campus Gotland. The PhD project focuses on how legislation and policy instruments balances cultural heritage values and energy efficiency demand in the Nordic countries.
About Charlotte
Charlotte works as a building conservationist at Jönköping County Museum and have an interdisciplinary background in Business, Art history and Cultural heritage studies.
Supervisors
- Anna Karlström, Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation (Conservation)
- Melina Malafry, Associate Professor at Department of Law
PhD student at the Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation (Conservation)