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The Engine Shed building - a traditional blonde sandstone building with two modern black wings flanking the original building
  • Tuesday 16 September 2025
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Most technical
  • Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Reducing Carbon Emissions in Traditional Buildings - Heat Pump Guidance

Join us to understand how new guidance for the installation and use of Air Source Heat Pumps should be applied in traditional buildings.

A row of whitewashed stone cottages with a long connected thatched roof. The doors of the cottages are blue, and they open directly onto a track road.
  • Thursday 7 May 2026
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Vernacular Building Materials in Scotland

Discover a range of vernacular building materials used in Scotland and recent projects undertaken to understand their construction.

An architectural drawing of a historical building as seen from the side view.
  • Wednesday 20 May 2026
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Researching Scotland’s Buildings

An introduction to research sources and methods for architectural and construction history in Scotland.

A digital surveying camera mounted on a tripod overlooking a historic burial site next to the sea.
  • Monday 25 May 2026
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Documenting Scotland’s Historic Environment

An introduction to a range of traditional and innovative methods for recording Scotland’s historic built environment.

A black and white photo with two men walking through a street
  • Selected dates until Friday 18 September 2026
  • John Sinclair House
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level:
  • HES
  • Feature weight: 0

Unlocking the HES Archives

A celebration of material uncovered in HES Archives as part of the Move Ready Project

A traditional sandstone Engine Shed building with a large opening on one side
  • Tuesday 13 October 2026
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

History of Building Conservation

The essential principles of building conservation in Scotland.

A collage of maps and planning documents sitting on a table, with a pen. Some of the maps are historic, others modern Ordnance Survey versions.
  • Tuesday 20 October 2026
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Structures and Components, Building Management, Architecture
  • Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Heritage Planning

An overview of the legislative framework governing how Scotland’s historic environment is managed and protected.

An aerial view of a castle surrounded by floodwater
  • Tuesday 3 November 2026
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Research, Sustainability, Technical Conservation
  • Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Adaptive Re-use of Buildings

Join us to explore climate change and the major issues affecting Scotland’s historic environment. We'll also cover key principles for improving the energy efficiency of traditional Scottish buildings, with insights into current practical techniques.

A person's hand picks up a small circular metal disc from a selection on the viewing platform of a microscope-like machine.
  • Wednesday 11 November 2026
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Architecture
  • Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Heritage Science at the Engine Shed

An introduction to the applied use of material science in heritage conservation in Scotland.

Close up of a gloved left hand of a restoration worker reaching out to touch an old fashioned slate roof. Some of the dark grey slates are not straight, with gaps in between.
  • Tuesday 17 November 2026
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Sustainability, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Enthusiast, Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Traditional Building Maintenance

We will explore how to reduce decay and damage in buildings with regular maintenance.

Green glazed wall tiles with a floral pattern sculpted into them
  • Wednesday 10 February 2027
  • Engine Shed
  • Learning session
  • Technical Level: Quite technical
  • Building Management, Materials, Technical Conservation, Architecture
  • Professional
  • HES, Engine Shed, Learn
  • Feature weight: 0

Historic Bricks and Tiles

An introduction to the conservation of fired clay products in Scotland’s historic built environment, with a focus on historic brickwork and tiling.

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