How Can Rooflights Reduce The Risk of Overheating?

Overheating is an ever-increasing concern with climate change, and rooflights can play a large part in reducing the risk of overheating in new and existing dwellings.

24.05.2025

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In 2022, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) published risks to health, wellbeing and productivity from overheating in buildings . The report’s leading conclusion is that impacts from periods of high temperatures are already being felt across the country, with the south of England and London being at particular risk.

Every year from 2018 to 2021 featured a heatwave, with 2018 and 2022 sharing the record as the country’s joint hottest summers. 2023, meanwhile, featured the hottest June on record. Even if we succeed in reducing carbon emissions, the report lays bare the stark reality.

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