Overheating

The Good Homes Alliance is at the forefront of helping the housing sector respond to the growing challenge of overheating in homes. Through its extensive programme of research, guidance and practical tools, GHA supports developers, housing providers, local authorities and design teams in creating climate-resilient homes that remain comfortable as temperatures rise.

Its suite of overheating resources includes free-to-download guides and assessment tools designed to help identify and mitigate overheating risks in both new-build and retrofit projects, with a focus on practical, early-stage design decisions. Alongside this a complementary ‘Shading for Housing: Design Guide for a Changing Climate’ has been developed, with a second guide titled ‘Designing out overheating: Best practice modelling of external shading‘ coming soon.

Cooler Homes Programme

A 7 month programme which will provide participating social landlords a heat risk score for every home in their portfolio, a validated digital intervention tool that generates property-specific mitigation options based on home archetype, orientation, and local environment, and a board-ready evidence for RSH compliance.

Cooler Homes is led by the Healthy Homes Hub, with Good Homes Alliance, Map Impact, Loughborough University, Oxford Brookes University and Kestrix. If you are a social landlord and would like more information on getting involved please email laura@goodhomes.org.uk