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![Fire Safety Management in Traditional Buildings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/9182bdac-5280-4cd4-b869-a5ad00ab8501/Guide%20for%20Practitioners%207%20-%20Fire%20Safety%20Management%20in%20Traditional%20Buildings%20Part%201.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Fire Safety Management in Traditional Buildings
Guide for Practitioners 7
A guide to identifying and assessing fire risk, with advice on management and an overview of legislation.
Focus Magazine
Our annual magazine showcasing technical conservation within Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and our partners.
![Glenfield and Kennedy Limited](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/c6d8dfb1-c4e6-40b9-b98f-a5ad00c2ae06/Glenfield%20and%20Kennedy%20Limited.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Glenfield and Kennedy Limited
A historic catalogue from Glenfield and Kennedy of Kilmarnock.
![Granites and Our Granite Industry](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/0b4c1d37-8c6b-44d8-98f9-a5c3011322f5/Granites%20and%20our%20Granite%20Industries.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Granites and Our Granite Industry
A book detailing granite and its quarrying in Britain.
![Front cover of Green Recovery Statement](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/c8e2c3c8-b174-43a6-877a-ae820137b242/green-recovery-statement.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Green Recovery Statement for The Historic Environment
Using Scotland’s Past to Support Our Future
Our historic environment can make a vital contribution to Scotland’s green recovery from the pandemic and its transition to net zero and a climate resilient society. Find out how in this Statement.
Guide to Energy Retrofit of Traditional Buildings
This guide looks into the thermal retrofit of traditional buildings to improve their energy performance, through a range of fabric improvements measures to different elements of a structure.
![Historic Scotland Traditional Building Materials Conference 1997](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/3755a757-2e70-4d78-8331-a5aa00f5aab2/Traditional%20building%20materials.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Historic Scotland Traditional Building Materials Conference 1997
Papers on the value of traditional building materials and techniques and promoting the use of Scottish resources.
![Hoppus's Practical Measurer](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/3ebbe21d-93b3-4329-bef3-a5c30114e8a4/Hoppus's%20Practical%20Measurer.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Hoppus's Practical Measurer
A book containing various tables for calculating the capacity of timber, stone and iron.
How Was It Built? Colouring Sheets
Colour in some of your favourite Historic Environment Scotland sites like Stirling Castle, Melrose Abbey, or the Blackhouse in Arnol.