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.

Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies

Historic and Traditional Buildings

This document contains information to support anyone producing, revising or working with Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES) in relation to traditional buildings and the historic built environment.

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.

Wave and Tidal Energy

An introduction to tidal energy in the historic environment.

Technical Paper 06

Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings

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

Technical Paper 24

Historic Environment Scotland Refurbishment Case Studies: Review of Energy Efficiency Projects

This Technical Paper is a review of Historic Environment Scotland’s Refurbishment Case Studies.

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.