The UCL Centre for Sustainable Heritage consists of a small, flexible, focussed, interdisciplinary team – a model of sustainable practice. The Centre has identified, and aims to fill, the gap between disciplines responsible for the physical protection of the moveable and immovable heritage. Its contribution to a sustainable future for the heritage is through participation in collaborative environmental, scientific and technological research, innovative teaching, advice and consultancy. The Centre engages in evidence-based research on heritage protection, and through its teaching activities challenges the traditional divide between preservation and use. We work closely with external partners on interdisciplinary stakeholder-led research focussing on past present and future climate and on educating future heritage managers on the links between sustainability and cultural heritage.