IHBC says farewell to 2022 with top 10 NewsBlogs
IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly said: ‘Our integrated NewsBlog service covers all aspects of built and historic environment conservation. As such it is one of the most important free resources offered through our charitable operations.’
‘At this time of year – and as we look ahead to exploring options for a charter – it’s great to see just how the most popular content reflects the breadth of practice interests that we’d want to see across our interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary membership and their networks.’
‘Our ‘doorstep’-themed case studies, usually from local papers, continue to dominate the top posts of course, and highlight well the huge community interest in places.’
‘The more focussed – and often more recent – posts on our own UK-wide advocacy – not least the support we give to the Conservation Places and People (CPP) All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) – and our local Branch events also consistently perform well.’
‘International casework and the more discipline-specific news and practice information also remain very popular links for users to check in on’.
The top ten posts on our NewsBlogs for 2022 were:
- IHBC welcomes STBA Paper: ‘From Retrofit to Regeneration’ published
- IHBC Technical Panel highlights foam insulation threats as works funded by official green homes grants render 250K homes worthless
- Owner of GII-listed building hit with £50,000 fine for fitting new windows
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Work to demolish ‘iconic’ art deco house in North Wales underway
- IHBC Signpost: New from HE – ‘A Guide to Traditional English Buildings’
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Isle of Wight Norris Castle HE objection ‘slammed’
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (vanishing) doorstep’: Entire village could be redeveloped… Penrhos Polish Village in Pwllheli demolished
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Nottingham scientist’s fury after Shark house added to Oxford heritage register
- Protected early 18th Century GII Wiltshire manor destroyed by fire
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (ecclesiastical) doorstep’: Listing ‘radical’ English Cathedral may signal change in attitude
Other popular posts include:
- IHBC’s early update on UK Parliamentary Group’s first Inquiry report, on ‘The Value of Heritage’, from Westminster, in #IHBC25
- IHBC and HE for free CPD: Updates on Building Regs at HE’s Technical Tuesday – ‘… Update to parts F and L’, 25 October, 1pm
- Overnight demolition of early Marcel Breuer house described as ‘the most significant loss in recent memory’
- POSTPONEMENT OF IHBC’s North West Branch Conference 2022: Adapting to Climate Change: Heritage and its Sustainable Future
The IHBC’s NewsBlogs resource and linked free email alert service (sign up HERE) form a central part of the institute’s CPD support, guidance and reference for practicing conservation professionals and their sector networks.
For more background on the NewsBlogs see: Don’t forget the IHBC’s jewels for #IHBC25 : No.2 – The IHBC’s NewsBlog service
This article appears on the IHBC news and blog site as "IHBC says farewell to 2022 with top 10 NewsBlogs (so far): Regen, panels, prosecutions and more, from local cases to practice guidance" dated December 30, 2022
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