Overheating London Flats Featured On BBC Radio 4
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This recent heat wave hitting the UK is one of the hottest on record. Not only does it make travelling, sleeping, and even working in this weather a pain! However, thousands of homeowners are at serious risk to their health due to overheating London flats.
According to a BBC Radio 4 report, new building methods and overheating London flats are a public health disaster waiting to happen.
Professor Kevin Lomas, a Loughborough academic and construction specialist, has been studying energy-saving features common in newer builds. He warns that the lack of ventilation will harm homeowners in warmer temperatures. Excessive heat could even be “potentially deadly,” particularly for older people more sensitive to heat.
While energy-efficient, these modern buildings are often hot, airless, and lack proper ventilation. Combined with cheap materials, a lack of cooling standards, and a desire for councils to increase their energy efficiency regardless of overheating concerns, many residents are finding their day-to-day lives in their modern buildings completely overwhelming.
One man who spoke to Radio 4 lives in a new apartment building with a south-facing floor-to-ceiling glass wall. He claims that, on average, the temperature in his flat is around 32-35 degrees, but he’s seen it as high as 38.
As his wife works from home, it’s difficult to concentrate in the overwhelming heat and very hard to drift off to sleep at night.
Air conditioning would allow one to escape the overwhelming heat and overheating London flats. However, many apartments and listed properties do not allow traditional external boxes.
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