IMPACTS OF OVERHEATING IN HOMES LEAFLET

Potentially up to 20% of the an increased risk of At the request of Government, the Zero Carbon Hub by Inkling LLP, CIBSE, housing stock in England is already affected and the overheating in buildings.” formed the project ‘Tackling Overheating in Homes’ UCL and ARCC issue is likely to become more prevalent in future. [...] However, when it is extreme, to which the housing sector is already gearing up to OVERHEATING RISK MAPPING or occurs over prolonged periods, it can have tackle the issue and what further action could be by AECOM serious consequences for the health of the people required to manage the risk of future overheating. [...] In extreme cases, there can be a risk to Our ‘Overheating in Homes – the Big Picture’ OVERHEATING IN HOMES life for vulnerable groups, such as the elderly or sick, baseline evidence report, published in June 2015, by the ZCH and AECOM who are also more likely to be occupying their presents our findings from: homes during the day when the heat is most intense. [...] EXTENT OF HEAT-RELATED 4 5 THE HEATWAVE SLEEP DEPRIVATION Overheating in the workplace and the PLAN FOR ENGLAND If overheating in homes occurs during the resulting economic losses to night it can be particularly problematic as it businesses was investigated in the limits the body’s ability to recover from 2012 CCRA. [...] That’s a cost in itself.” HOUSING ASSOCIATION “Instead of being the homes most people want to live in, they become the homes people don’t want to live in...” HOUSING ASSOCIATION The threshold temperatures used for the THE HOUSING HEALTH AND Housing providers report that overheating - without any heating.