Archive note: I conducted this interview for the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training’s Preservation Technology Podcast. It was originally published by NCPTT/National Park Service on November 15, 2010. I’m preserving a record of the conversation here as part of my podcast and interview archive. The original NCPTT/NPS source remains the authoritative publication.
From the transcript
With Anderson in particular, the interview becomes a conversation about how a field changes its position in a larger system. I ask about research, policy, internal and external communication, meeting people where they are, and using the web not simply to distribute information but to support dialogue. The argument that preservation could speak for the value and performance of existing buildings—not only exceptional landmarks—substantially widens the frame.
In this conversation
- Sustainability and preservation at the 2010 Association for Preservation Technology conference
- Hands-on building diagnostics, building performance, and technical investigation of existing structures
- Preservation education, professional training, and the transfer of practical building knowledge
- The relationship between historic buildings, energy efficiency, sustainability policy, and green-building standards
- Research needed to demonstrate the environmental and economic value of existing buildings
- How preservation organizations communicate technical evidence to policymakers, practitioners, and the public
- Using websites and digital communication for dialogue rather than one-way institutional publishing
- Expanding preservation’s frame from exceptional landmarks to the performance, reuse, and stewardship of the existing built environment
Recorded around the 2010 Association for Preservation Technology conference, these conversations with Jill Gotthelf and John Anderson examine hands-on building diagnostics, preservation education, sustainability, policy, research, and the relationship between existing buildings and the emerging green-building movement.
Series: Preservation Technology Podcast
Episode: 027
Guest: Jill Gotthelf and John Anderson
Interviewer: Jeff Guin
Original publisher: National Center for Preservation Technology and Training / National Park Service
Theme: Sustainability & Adaptive Reuse
Listen, read the transcript, and view the original episode at the National Park Service.
Preservation note: A preservation copy of the original MP3 is retained in the Voices of the Past archive.
Catalog Card
Archive Note
This NCPTT podcast episode captures a field beginning to connect traditional preservation practice with energy, research, policy, and sustainability.
What Remains
The preservation-sustainability connection is far more established now, but the challenge of communicating evidence across professions and publics remains.
Critical Questions
This artifact contributes to a recurring question in the archive:
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