☀️ Traditional British terraces and flats are simply not designed to stay cool in the way whitewashed Mediterranean villas are 🖋️ EtanSmallman reveals why UK homes can’t cope with heatwaves – and what you can do to stay cool this summer ⬇️
Houses also give residents more flexibility to open windows on opposite sides of the building or on different floors, to get a throughflow of air. But, says Professor Kevin Lomas, building physicist at the University of Loughborough: “In a flat, where you just have one wall looking in one direction, and often a wall that has quite a lot of glass in it, then it’s much more difficult.”
Prof Lomas has found that the prevalence of monitored overheating is also greater in households with members aged over, with older people more likely to be at home during the hottest hours and less likely to be able to open and close windows.mitigate the heat For those who have the freedom – and budget – to consider retrofitting their homes, there are many options that do not involve installing costly and energy-intensive air conditioning.
But, adds Ms Edmonds, maintenance of trees is a responsibility of local councils, which have been “burdened with meeting climate targets and addressing the issues of, while having their resources drastically cut over the past 10 to 12 years. Some local authorities have lost 60 percent of their resources and yet the demands on them are higher than they ever were.”
They will also be surrounded by greenery, says Dr Heaviside, because it is “useful at providing moisture, which cools the local environment”. This could include green roofs, covered with grass or succulent plants. The evaporation of water from the leaves offers a unique cooling method – and also slows down the discharge of rainwater into drainage systems.found that pale-coloured leaves may reflect more energy and thinner leaves might store and re-emit less heat.
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