... on limited, and now outdated, research on the operating and embodied energy of old buildings. At the time, during the US oil crisis, economic rationales undergirded the energy cost-saving rhetoric and established a structural legacy of regulation that continues to allow historic preservation concerns...

... writers need to look for non‐traditional partners and funding sources. Historic preservation and energy efficiency can be achieved while meeting the Secretary of the Interior's Standards on Sustainability. The importance of funding to conduct field research is discussed relating to the development...