Publications

Short Guide: Fabric Improvements for Energy Efficiency

Short Guide 1

A series of practical solutions to improving energy efficiency in traditional and historic buildings.

Inform Guide: Improving Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings

An INFORM guide to what can be done to improve energy efficiency in traditional buildings, and how this relates to building standards.

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.

Technical Paper 06

Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings

A scoping study on indoor air quality and efficiency in traditional buildings.

Refurbishment Case Study 7

Scotstarvit Tower Cottage, Cupar - Thermal Upgrades and Installation of Radiant Heating

This case study describes energy efficiency upgrades to a detached rural building.

Technical Paper 13

Embodied energy considerations

A technical paper outlining the importance of life cycle analysis in assessing the sustainability of new buildings and maintaining existing buildings.

Technical Paper 04

Energy Modelling in Traditional Scottish Houses

A paper looking at energy modelling for three typical traditionally built dwellings in Scotland.

Technical Paper 17

Green Deal, Energy Company Obligation and traditional buildings

This paper models comprehensive upgrades for three traditional property types and identifies financial opportunities for financial support through the Green Deal.

Refurbishment Case Study 8

Garden Bothy, Cumnock

A case study describing efficiency upgrade works to a two-storey stone building.