Abstract

Scalable approaches to moisture risk assessment for historic buildings in a climate-changed era

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Abstract

In response to global warming, climate change risk assessments for cultural heritage should be applicable not only to iconic sites but to all historic buildings. Risk assessments should function at the material, site, and regional scale. Increasing days of heavy precipitation will have severe impacts for historic buildings, for example stressing rain-water goods. To evaluate this hazard, changing occurrences of extreme precipitation events have been calculated for the UK with 1.5 °C and 3 °C of warming using the National Severe Weather Warning Service thresholds. By integrating the materials of the over 380,000 listed buildings in England, this assessment explores how moisture damage processes can be translated to thousands of sites, informing regional prioritisation.

Keywords: historic environment, climate adaptation, moisture risk, climate mitigation, regional risk assessment

How to Cite:

Thomas, H., Marincioni, V. & Orr, S. A., (2025) “Scalable approaches to moisture risk assessment for historic buildings in a climate-changed era”, UCL Open Environment 7(S1). doi: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444/ucloe.icmb25.a20

Rights: Author, [2025]