Tor Broström
Professor at Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation; Conservation
- E-mail:
- tor.brostrom@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Campus Gotland, Cramérgatan 3
621 57 Visby - Postal address:
- Uppsala universitet, Campus Gotland
621 67 Visby
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Keywords
- energy efficiency
- sustainable development
- historic buildings
- climate change adaptation
- indoor climate

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, p. 76-85, 2025
- DOI for Sustainable Education for Sustainable Heritage: Managing the Tension Between Professional Practice and Critical Inquiry
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The Law, Sustainable Energy Use and the Preservation of Heritage Values in Sweden
2024
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Part of Energy and Buildings, 2024
- DOI for Identification of representative building archetypes: A novel approach using multi-parameter cluster analysis applied to the Swedish residential building stock
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Tre vägar framåt för hållbara energiåtgärder på byggnader
Part of Fem perspektiv på stadens omställning, p. 40-49, Statens energimyndighet, 2024
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Part of Heritage, p. 997-1013, 2024
- DOI for Evaluating the Implementation of Energy Retrofits in Historic Buildings: A Demonstration of the Energy Conservation Potential and Lessons Learned for Upscaling
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, p. 76-85, 2025
- DOI for Sustainable Education for Sustainable Heritage: Managing the Tension Between Professional Practice and Critical Inquiry
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Part of Energy and Buildings, 2024
- DOI for Identification of representative building archetypes: A novel approach using multi-parameter cluster analysis applied to the Swedish residential building stock
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Part of Heritage, p. 997-1013, 2024
- DOI for Evaluating the Implementation of Energy Retrofits in Historic Buildings: A Demonstration of the Energy Conservation Potential and Lessons Learned for Upscaling
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Incremental decision making for historic urban areas' energy retrofitting: EFFESUS DSS
Part of Journal of Cultural Heritage, p. 68-78, 2022
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Part of International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, p. 539-553, 2020
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Balancing preservation and energy efficiency in building stocks
Part of International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, p. 356-373, 2020
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Part of Energy and Buildings, 2019
- DOI for Target-based visibility assessment on building envelopes: Applications to PV and cultural-heritage values
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Part of Building and Environment, 2019
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Standardizing the indoor climate in historic buildings: opportunities, challenges and ways forward
Part of Journal of Architectural Conservation, p. 3-18, 2018
- DOI for Standardizing the indoor climate in historic buildings: opportunities, challenges and ways forward
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A Methodology for Long-Term Monitoring of Climate Change Impacts on Historic Buildings
Part of Geosciences, 2018
- DOI for A Methodology for Long-Term Monitoring of Climate Change Impacts on Historic Buildings
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For the categorisation of historic buildings to determine energy saving
Part of AGATHON International Journal of Architecture, Art and Design, p. 135-142, 2017
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Part of Architectural Science Review, p. 53-67, 2016
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Adaptive ventilation for climate control in a medieval church in cold climate
Part of The International Journal of Ventilation, p. 1-14, 2016
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Part of International Invention Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, p. 52-66, 2015
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Part of Heritage Science, 2015
- DOI for Climate for Culture: assessing the impact of climate change on the future indoor climate in historic buildings using simulations
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Part of Energy and Buildings, p. 128-139, 2015
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Part of International Invention Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, p. 52-66, 2015
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Part of Energy and Buildings, p. 58-66, 2014
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Part of The Historic Environment, p. 150-166, 2014
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The influence of air exchange on the stability of the indoor climate in Skokloster castle
Part of e-Preservation Science, p. 77-82, 2013
Articles, review/survey
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Advancing urban building energy modelling through new model components and applications: A review
Part of Energy and Buildings, 2022
- DOI for Advancing urban building energy modelling through new model components and applications: A review
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User-driven energy efficiency in historic buildings: A review
Part of Journal of Cultural Heritage, p. 188-195, 2017
Books
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Brandsäkerhet för byggnader med kulturvärden: En kunskapsöversikt
Insamlingsstiftelsen Brandforsk, 2021
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Bruka, bevara och energieffektivisera
Offentliga fastigheter, 2015
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Handbok i hållbar energianvändning för kyrkan
Verbum Forlag, 2008
Chapters in book
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Tre vägar framåt för hållbara energiåtgärder på byggnader
Part of Fem perspektiv på stadens omställning, p. 40-49, Statens energimyndighet, 2024
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Det byggda kulturarvet: Energi och klimat
Part of Att vårda ett hus, p. 78-89, Gotlands museum, 2020
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Inneklimat i kyrkor förr och nu
Part of Från Gutabygd 2014, p. 117-138, Gotlands Hembygdsförbunds förlag, 2014
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Energy efficient climate control in historic buildings
Part of Climate for culture, p. 29-32, Fraunhofer MOEZ, 2014
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Part of Energiboken, p. 34-45, Svenska byggnadsvårdsföreningen, 2011
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Preventive conservation by climate control in historic buildings
Part of Preservation and conservation in 21st century : knowledge, challenge, attitude :, p. 56-59, Conservation Centre Kanut, 2008
Conference papers
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The Law, Sustainable Energy Use and the Preservation of Heritage Values in Sweden
2024
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Humidity change rate control in intermittently heated historic buildings
Part of 12th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics (NSB 2020), 2020
- DOI for Humidity change rate control in intermittently heated historic buildings
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Part of Conference Report, p. 302-310, 2018
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A method to determine heating power and heat up time for intermittent heating of churches
Part of 11th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics, NSB2017, 11-14 June 2017, Trondheim, Norway, p. 915-920, 2017
- DOI for A method to determine heating power and heat up time for intermittent heating of churches
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2016
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Part of Proceedings EECHB-2016, p. 144-150, 2016
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Categorization of the historic architecture in Palermo for the purpose of energy assessment
Part of Proceedings of International Conference CISBAT 2015 “Future Buildings and Districts – Sustainability from Nano to Urban Scale”, p. 499-504, p. 499-504, 2015
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Categorization of the historic archiecture in Palermo for the purpose of energy assessment.
Part of Proceedings of International Conference CISBAT 2015 “Future Buildings and Districts – Sustainability from Nano to Urban Scale”,, p. 499-504, 2015
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Part of Indoor Air Quality in Heritage and Historic Environments, 2014
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Solar energy augmented adaptive ventilation in historic buildings
Part of NSB 2014, p. 648-655, 2014
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Uncertainties in damage assessments of future indoor climates
Part of Climate for Collections - Standards and Uncertainties, p. 405-418, 2013
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Adaptive ventilation for occasionally used churches
Part of EWCHP-2013, p. 55-62, 2013
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Decision-making on Climate Control for Energy Efficiency and Conservation in Historic Buildings
Part of Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings: Postprints from the Conference : Visby, February 9–11, 2011, p. 70-80, 2012
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Part of Cultural heritage preservation : EWCHP- 2012, p. 124-130, 2012
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Climate Control in Cultural Heritage Buildings in Denmark
Part of Developments in Climate Control of Historic Buildings, p. 39-44, 2011
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Exergy analysis of different solutions for humidity control in heritage buildings
Part of World Renewable Energy Congress – Sweden, 8–13 May, 2011, Linköping, Sweden, p. 2041-2048, 2011
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Climate control in historic buildings in Denmark
2011
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Energy and power demand for intermittent heating of churches
Part of Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings, Visby, 9-11 February 2011, 2011
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Humidity Control in Historic Buildings through Adaptive Ventilation: a Case Study
Part of NSB 2011: 9th Nordic Symposium on Building Physics, p. 1-8, 2011
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Solar energy and cultural-heritage values
Part of World Renewable Energy Conference, Linköping, May 2011, p. 2034-2040, 2011
- DOI for Solar energy and cultural-heritage values
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The Indoor Climate in Skokloster Castle
Part of Historical buildings as museums, p. 84-93, 2010
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Increased use of ruins through secured masonry and comfortable climate
Part of Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Science and Technology in Archaeology and Conservation, Petra, Jordan, 2010
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Indoor climate in a naturally ventilated unheated medieval church in Harju-Risti, Estonia
Part of 10th REHVA World congress Clima 2010, 2010
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Climate Control in Churches in Northern Sweden
Part of Proceedings Cold Climate HVAC Sisimiut, Greenland, 16-19 March 2009, 2009
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Part of Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (Roomvent) 2009, Busan, Korea, 2009
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Heat pumps for conservation heating
Part of Proceedings of the 8th symposium on building physics in the Nordic countries, p. 1143-1150, 2008
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Climate Comfort Measurements in Swedish Churches Equipped with New Heating System
Part of Proceedings of the 7th International Thermal Manikin and Modeling Meeting, 2008
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Permeability in lime plaster in relation to durability of covered materials
2004