Bright future
With record June temperatures and the launch of CIBSE's new TM59 , the built environment is starting to get tough on overheating. Sara Kassam, Head of Sustainability Development at CIBSE , takes a look at a paper presented at this year’s CIBSE Technical Symposium set out to evaluate both the overheating risk and suggest appropriate mitigation strategies Retrofitting homes and building new homes with high levels of fabric insulation, is a key tenet of the UK government’s carbon emissions reduction strategy. But, while a well insulated home may require very little heating in winter, without minimizing solar gains and without the implementation of sufficient ventilation strategies, in the summer, high levels of insulation can increase the likelihood of a home overheating. Research by the University of Sheffield, based on computer modelling, has shown that with increased levels of insulation overheating is a problem, one that is set to get worse under the impact of climate ch