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![TAN 07 - Access to the Built Heritage](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/3a48fe41-c32b-4198-b53f-a5c300a96ad5/TAN%207%20-%20Access%20to%20the%20Built%20Heritage.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
TAN 07 - Access to the Built Heritage
Advice on improving access for visitors to historic buildings and monuments.
![The Laws of Harmonious Colouring Adapted to Interior Decorations](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/c30ac366-ec12-4750-8c24-a5c400bc6695/The%20Laws%20of%20Harmonious%20Colouring%20Adapted%20to%20Interior%20Decorations.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
The Laws of Harmonious Colouring Adapted to Interior Decorations
A treatise on interior and ornamental painting, written for the artist.
![Measured Survey and Building Recording](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/0da64f8e-21a0-4775-90b5-a5ad00a569dc/Guide%20for%20Practitioners%204%20-%20Measured%20Survey%20and%20Building%20Recording%20for%20Historic%20Buildings%20and%20Structures.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Measured Survey and Building Recording
Guide for Practitioners 4
A historical overview of the production and use of iron, along with guidance on appraisal and conservation techniques.
![Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/6275bfcf-40cf-47b2-81f8-a59400e211fc/technicalpaper6.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Technical Paper 06
Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings
A scoping study on indoor air quality and efficiency in traditional buildings.
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.
![Refurbishment Case Study 16](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/610cc396-20f4-4ee3-a6b9-a71d00de655b/refurb-case-study-16-cover.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Refurbishment Case Study 16
Kirkton of Coull, Aberdeenshire
A case study describing thermal improvements to the fabric of an 1800s granite farmhouse in Aberdeenshire.
Technical Paper 30
Historic Literature Review of Traditional Lime Mortars
This Technical Paper is a review of historic literature relating to lime mortars, focusing on historic texts from 160BC - 1955
![Building Knowledge: An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/480975be-ae89-447c-923c-a5bb00f87aa5/Building%20Knowledge.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Building Knowledge
An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow
Appealing to a wide audience this is a prestigious publication which celebrates some of Glasgow's most recognisable buildings.
![Managing Change in the Historic Environment: External Walls](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/65d3f81a-28d2-4275-b836-a60b0090f40a/external%20walls.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Managing Change in the Historic Environment: External Walls
This guidance note sets out the principles that apply to altering the external walls of historic buildings.