BloombergOffice-To-Residential Conversions Can’t Cope With U.K. Heat Wave
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Office-To-Residential Conversions Can’t Cope With U.K. Heat Wave
The insurer Zurich UK warns that commercial buildings that have been retrofitted into homes can be vulnerable to extreme heat, thanks to poor ventilation.
Terminus House, a former office building in Harlow, UK, has been converted into social housing. Photographer: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Europe
(Bloomberg) -- As Britain swelters under what could be its highest temperatures ever recorded and the UK government issues its first-ever extreme heat warning, a UK insurer warns that a popular homebuilding trend could make the country’s ability to cope with extreme heat worse.