Tor Broström
Professor at Department of Archaeology, Ancient History and Conservation; Kulturvård
- 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
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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Tre vägar framåt för hållbara energiåtgärder på byggnader
Part of Fem perspektiv på stadens omställning, p. 40-49, Statens energimyndighet, 2024
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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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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Incremental decision making for historic urban areas' energy retrofitting: EFFESUS DSS
Part of Journal of Cultural Heritage, p. 68-78, 2022
All publications
Articles in journal
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 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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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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Incremental decision making for historic urban areas' energy retrofitting: EFFESUS DSS
Part of Journal of Cultural Heritage, p. 68-78, 2022
Balancing preservation and energy efficiency in building stocks
Part of International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, p. 356-373, 2020
Part of International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, p. 539-553, 2020
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
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
Part of Architectural Science Review, p. 53-67, 2016
Adaptive ventilation for climate control in a medieval church in cold climate
Part of The International Journal of Ventilation, p. 1-14, 2016
Part of International Invention Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, p. 52-66, 2015
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
Part of International Invention Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, p. 52-66, 2015
Part of Energy and Buildings, p. 58-66, 2014
Part of The Historic Environment, p. 150-166, 2014
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
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
Brandsäkerhet för byggnader med kulturvärden: En kunskapsöversikt
Insamlingsstiftelsen Brandforsk, 2021
Bruka, bevara och energieffektivisera
Offentliga fastigheter, 2015
Handbok i hållbar energianvändning för kyrkan
Verbum Forlag, 2008
Chapters in book
Tre vägar framåt för hållbara energiåtgärder på byggnader
Part of Fem perspektiv på stadens omställning, p. 40-49, Statens energimyndighet, 2024
Det byggda kulturarvet: Energi och klimat
Part of Att vårda ett hus, p. 78-89, Gotlands museum, 2020
Inneklimat i kyrkor förr och nu
Part of Från Gutabygd 2014, p. 117-138, Gotlands Hembygdsförbunds förlag, 2014
Energy efficient climate control in historic buildings
Part of Climate for culture, p. 29-32, Fraunhofer MOEZ, 2014
Part of Energiboken, p. 34-45, Svenska byggnadsvårdsföreningen, 2011
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
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
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
Part of Proceedings EECHB-2016, p. 144-150, 2016
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
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
Part of Indoor Air Quality in Heritage and Historic Environments, 2014
Solar energy augmented adaptive ventilation in historic buildings
Part of NSB 2014, p. 648-655, 2014
Uncertainties in damage assessments of future indoor climates
Part of Climate for Collections - Standards and Uncertainties, p. 405-418, 2013
Adaptive ventilation for occasionally used churches
Part of EWCHP-2013, p. 55-62, 2013
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
Part of Cultural heritage preservation : EWCHP- 2012, p. 124-130, 2012
Climate Control in Cultural Heritage Buildings in Denmark
Part of Developments in Climate Control of Historic Buildings, p. 39-44, 2011
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
Climate control in historic buildings in Denmark
2011
Energy and power demand for intermittent heating of churches
Part of Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings, Visby, 9-11 February 2011, 2011
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
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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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
The Indoor Climate in Skokloster Castle
Part of Historical buildings as museums, p. 84-93, 2010
Indoor climate in a naturally ventilated unheated medieval church in Harju-Risti, Estonia
Part of 10th REHVA World congress Clima 2010, 2010
Climate Control in Churches in Northern Sweden
Part of Proceedings Cold Climate HVAC Sisimiut, Greenland, 16-19 March 2009, 2009
Part of Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Air Distribution in Rooms (Roomvent) 2009, Busan, Korea, 2009
Heat pumps for conservation heating
Part of Proceedings of the 8th symposium on building physics in the Nordic countries, p. 1143-1150, 2008
Climate Comfort Measurements in Swedish Churches Equipped with New Heating System
Part of Proceedings of the 7th International Thermal Manikin and Modeling Meeting, 2008
Permeability in lime plaster in relation to durability of covered materials
2004