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Conferences & seminars


Seminar hosted by Historic Scotland
We regularly organise conferences, seminars and a wide range of outreach activities to promote issues relevant to built heritage.

Previous conference events on building materials include:
  • Historic Scotland Lime Conference
  • Historic Scotland Traditional Building Materials Conference
  • Stone Cleaning Conference
  • Timber and the Built Environment
  • Digital Documentation of the Built Environment (with the Glasgow School of Art)

All conference proceedings have been published, and are currently available from our publications section.

We participate in outreach activities which have included giving presentations to homeowners and working with schools to introduce pupils to the crafts and skills used in our work.

National events we attend include:

Natural Stone Show, London
Homebuilding and Renovating Show, Glasgow



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Energy Efficiency Seminar

A one day seminar examining Energy Efficiency in Traditional Buildings. Read on for further information and booking details.

Energy efficiency in traditional buildings

Contact us

Roger Curtis
Technical Conservation Group
Historic Scotland
Longmore House
Salisbury Place
Edinburgh
EH9 1SH

Email: Roger Curtis