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Office of Construction & Facilities Management:
Historic Preservation
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Goals and Benefits of Historic Preservation
Goals of Preservation:
- Identify and Evaluate
- Recognize and Respect
- Preserve and Protect
- Use & Reuse in Compatible Manner
- Avoid or Mitigate Adverse Effects
Benefits of Preservation
- Rehabilitation costs less money ($) than new construction
- Faster new usable space
- Retention of building materials
- less environmentally hazardous debris
- less need for new material resources
- Energy savings
- no energy used for demolition
- no energy used for new construction
- Historic ambiance retained
- Potentially commercial value
- Aesthetics
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| Reviewed/Updated Date: May 1, 2006 |
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