Publication - Advice and guidance
Guide to Conversion of Traditional Buildings
This guidance provides a technical insight into the conversion of Scotland’s traditional buildings, balancing building regulation compliance with conservation. It promotes a holistic, risk-based approach to technical compliance in the performance of traditional buildings.
Energy – Further reading
- British Standards Institution (1997) BS 7386:1997 Specification for draughtstrips for the draught control of existing doors and windows in housing (including test methods)
- CIBSE (2017) TM 59 Design methodology for the assessment of overheating risk in homes
- Good Homes Alliance (2019) Overheating in New Homes
- Historic Environment Scotland (2021) Guide to Energy Retrofit of Traditional Buildings
- Historic Scotland (2006) Technical Paper 01: Thermal Performance of Traditional Windows
- Historic Scotland (2010) Technical Paper 09: Slim profile double glazing
- Historic Scotland (2013) Technical Paper 20: Slim-profile double-glazing in listed buildings: Re-measuring the thermal performance
- Historic Scotland (2014) Technical Paper 23: Thermal assessment of internal shutters and window film applied to traditional single glazed sash and case windows.
- Passivhaus Trust (2021) Avoiding Summer Overheating
- Scottish Government (2022) Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide
Contact
Email: buildingstandards@gov.scot