This new report, released by the Zero Carbon Hub, reviews the range of technical and behavioural solutions available to reduce the risk of overheating in UK homes. The document covers a wide range of possible measures from town planning and building positioning, layout and orientation through to building fabric, windows, ventilation, to the actions of individual occupants. More specifically, more than 30 solutions have been considered and categorised according to whether they are based on:

• limiting heat gains within buildings;
• enhancing heat rejection;
• cooling the space;
• changing occupant behaviour.

Issues relating to the local environment and neighbourhood as well as to the individual dwellings are covered.

The review is intended for people involved in town and neighbourhood planning, to people involved in building design and refurbishment, and occupiers.