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This paper investigates the dynamic between protection of the historic environment and the application of solar energy technology on 1- or 2-family houses in Sweden. More specifically, the building code relating to the installation of photovoltaic (PV) panels on house roofs and how existing policies are implemented in Stockholm City is investigated in order to better understand the challenges in reconciling renewables and the conservation of built heritage. Especially when applied in urban areas PV panels may have a large impact on socio-cultural values, making them difficult to insta where the historic environment is to be protected from large changes. By using a mix of methods (policy analysis, case studies, and interviews) we come to the conclusion that municipalities should develop routines and guidelines that offer homeowners precise information on the potential of solar energy and requirements motivated by concern for the historic environment. Guidelines that are well-known, clear and also require homeowners to dismount exhausted panels could work both to protect built heritage and to promote more use of solar energy in some small house areas. Mattias Legnér Mattias Legnér is Full Professor in Conservation at Uppsala Universitet – Campus Gotland. Since 2010 he has written extensively on the historical development of energy use in buildings, especially how improvement in energy effiency relates to cultural values in the built environment. Legnér has headed one Swedish Research Council funded project and three large projects funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, currently ‘Energy efficiency and cultural values in the housing stock. How well do policies work on the local level?’ (project 54001-1).Paula Femenías Paula Femenías is Professor in sustainable transformation of existing buildings focusing on multi-values, stakeholder and process perspectives. She has been part of four Formas’ financed strong research environments and project leader as well as participants in several recent larger research projects financed by Formas, the Swedish Research Council (VR) and the Swedish Energy Agency. |
