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We spend most of our time in the built environment. If it’s not designed with climate change in mind, then we all stand to lose. Our health, our wellbeing, our productivity — all can suffer if we’re confined to spaces that can’t handle higher temperatures.
Today’s guest is working on multiple fronts to make the built environment more climate resilient. Andy Love is the Co-Founder of the sustainability consultancy Love Design Studio and community interest company Shade the UK. Through these organizations, he’s pushing for changes in how buildings are designed, with an eye on promoting livable, climate-adapted spaces that center the people living in them.
He joins the pod to talk about the projects he’s led on the dangers of heat in the UK — and the policies and design solutions that could help people cope better. He also unpacks the barriers to cooling Britain down and even dives into this summer’s big question: should Brits embrace air conditioning?
Listen below, download from the Podcasts page on Climate Proof, or tune in via Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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We talk about:
👉 How Andy and Love Design Studio work on designing for heat resilience in the UK
👉 The case for a heat metric for buildings
👉 The systemic obstacles to better heat resilience: restrictive planning laws, the power of heritage rules, poor architectural design choices, and a broader cultural misunderstanding of heat risks in the UK
👉 Why the UK isn’t ready for mass air conditioning adoption — and why it shouldn’t be the first choice for cooling
👉 Love Design Studio’s "Manifesto for Change” and its collaborative, open-source approach to building an agenda for creating a more livable built environment
🔗 Read ‘Building Heat-Resilient Neighbourhoods’ from Shade the UK HERE
🔗 Read the ‘Overheating Adaptation Guide for Homes’ HERE
🔗 Read the Cooling Roadmap for the Greater London Authority and C40 Cities HERE
Thanks for listening!
Louie Woodall
Editor
