The aim of the project is to assist Housing Providers with working through how to determine if any of their stock is at risk of overheating as the climate changes, and what strategic steps and internal processes they intend to put in place to manage the risk. [...] It The strategy outlines plans to ___ acknowledges that summers with include policies on overheating in severe heatwaves similar to those the Local Plan which will support in 2003 and 2006 could become residents in adapting to the impact the norm towards the middle of the of climate change. [...] The aim is to highlight what the greatest risks are and the ___ team is then required to demonstrate which measures they are incorporating.” Areas covered by the checklist include: “Actively discussing overheating considerations during the early planning stage for the layout of the site and orientation of the buildings. [...] 10 Energy efficiency ___ Case Study 5 (LA5) gave the go-ahead Some overheating was found in the for the development of hundreds of zero prototype by the monitoring work, which carbon homes in 2015, ranging from has led to a change in the g values of one-bedroom flats to four-bedroom the glazing being specified for the houses. [...] the Council and a housebuilder and is Case Study 9 (LA9)’s policy is to “build one of the “largest carbon-neutral new homes to high standards of developments in the country.” environmental performance” and to The partners on the project were keen “increase the comfort of housing and to understand how a prototype of the improve residents health – particularly highly energy efficient buildings would.
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