How Britain can beat the heat without becoming addicted to air conditioning

clock • 4 min read
Credit: iStock
Image:

Credit: iStock

The UK faces a choice - lock into energy-hungry cooling, or redesign homes, streets and routines to stay cool naturally - writes University of East London research fellow Mehri Khosravi

With heatwaves becoming hotter and more frequent, demand for air conditioning is expected to rise significantly. However, if the UK and similar countries respond to hotter summers simply by installing...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Buildings

Survey: Landlords are boosting sustainability investments to future-proof portfolios

Survey: Landlords are boosting sustainability investments to future-proof portfolios

EXCLUSIVE: Nine in 10 landlords have increased spend on green features, as they look to bolster resilience and boost property portfolio's long-term value

clock 24 June 2026 • 3 min read
Accoya wood and the shift towards circular construction materials

Accoya wood and the shift towards circular construction materials

Partner insight: Accsys explains why circularity is increasingly becoming a practical requirement in the construction sector, rather than merely a theoretical ambition

Accsys
clock 23 June 2026 • 5 min read
Government confirms short delay to new energy efficiency standards for rented commercial properties

Government confirms short delay to new energy efficiency standards for rented commercial properties

DESNZ also scraps interim milestone for non‑domestic private rented properties to achieve an EPC rating of C or above in 2027, in long-awaited MEES consultation response

Stuart Stone
clock 18 June 2026 • 4 min read