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![Building with Scottish Stone](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/d6cb3248-fc1e-406c-8afd-a59100f8d91b/building-with-scottish-stone.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Building with Scottish Stone
This guide aims to encourage use of stone sourced from Scotland’s working quarries and to provide a better understanding of those mineralogical properties that give each stone its distinctive quality.
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Short Guide: Applied Digital Documentation in the Historic Environment
Short Guide 13
Discover how a broad range of data capture techniques can be applied to the recording, analysis, conservation and visualisation of the historic environment.
![Climate Change Adaptation for Traditional Buildings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/402773ce-ba61-4452-9d2b-a7ac00ae3268/Short%20Guide%2011%20Climate%20Change%20Adaptation.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Short Guide: Climate Change Adaptation for Traditional Buildings
Short Guide 11
The key aspects of the exterior of a traditional building and considers how these can be improved or adapted to increase a building’s resilience to extreme weather events caused by climate change.
![Fabric Improvements for Energy Efficiency](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/6872c092-d5b9-4f34-8e4e-a59100fa98c1/fabric-improvements-traditional%20buildings.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Short Guide: Fabric Improvements for Energy Efficiency
Short Guide 1
A series of practical solutions to improving energy efficiency in traditional and historic buildings.
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Short Guide: Historic Concrete in Scotland Parts 1-3
Short Guide 5
These short guides focus on the subject of historic concrete structures in Scotland.
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Short Guide: Lead Theft - Guidance on Protecting Traditional Buildings
Short Guide 2
Practical guidance on Protecting Traditional Buildings.
![Lime Mortar in Traditional Buildings](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/0ef36114-324b-4077-b2c2-a59100fc306f/hs-short-guide-6.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Short Guide: Lime Mortars in traditional buildings
Short Guide 6
A background to the history and use of lime mortars in traditional buildings.
![Maintaining Your Home](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/dfc82fa3-e5a1-4e0f-909b-a59100fde12b/maintainingyourhome.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Short Guide: Maintaining Your Home
Short Guide 9
Maintenance advice for homeowners and those responsible for the maintenance of traditional buildings.
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Short Guide: Maintenance and Repair Techniques for Traditional Cast Iron
Short Guide 4
A guide to maintaining exterior decorative architectural cast ironwork.