Energy and carbon efficiency guidance
Old buildings can help us build a greener future. We can make careful changes to improve them. These changes can help reduce carbon and lower energy bills.
We want to work with home and property owners to make old buildings more energy efficient.
Some changes may need permission. This includes planning permission or listed building consent. Many changes to listed buildings need approval, inside and outside. If you have questions, contact: devcontrol@wakefield.gov.uk
Advice for Homeowners
Energy efficiency and old houses (Historic England)
Advice about energy and the planning process
Adapting historic buildings for energy and carbon efficiency
Advice for insulating floors
Insulating floors in historic buildings
Insulating suspended timber floors
Advice for windows and doors
Draught-proofing windows and doors
Repairing and improving traditional windows
Advice for insulating roofs and dormers
How to insulate dormer windows (Historic England)
How to insulate flat roofs (Historic England)
How to insulate pitched roofs at ceiling level (cold roofs) (Historic England)
How to insulate pitched roofs at rafter level (Historic England)
Advice for heat pumps
Heat pumps in historic buildings – air source heat pumps (ASHPs) (Historic England)
Heat pumps in historic buildings – ground source heat pumps (GSHPs) (Historic England)
Environmental performance
How historic buildings use energy and how to improve them (Historic England)
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)
EPC case studies for historic buildings (Historic England)
Building regulations
Rules for energy use in historic and traditional buildings (Part L) (Historic England)