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APPROVED DOCUMENT O AND ROOFLIGHTS - OVERHEATING AND ROOFLIGHTS
From the outset, it must be acknowledged that there’s little in the way of good news when it comes to overheating. Periods of higher temperatures, like periods of extreme cold, lead to increased mortality, especially among older people. And when the changing climate is factored in, hotter summers in the UK will become ‘the new normal’. 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.
This guide focuses on overheating and rooflights:
Introduction
- An uncomfortable subject
- Defining overheating
- What affects overheating in UK homes?
Approved Document O 2021 – a rooflight specifier’s guide
- What are the requirements of Part O 2021?
- What buildings does Part O apply to?
- Requirement O1(1) of the Building Regulations
- Requirement O1(2) of the Building Regulations
- How is Part O changing building design?
- Should you go beyond the minimum standard of Part O?
- Using rooflights to reduce overheating risk in new and existing dwellings
- Overcoming the disconnect: Parts L, F and O, and the Future Homes Standard
No compromises: achieving architectural ambition while mitigating overheating
- Do fixed rooflights have a role in overheating mitigation?
- Using rooflights to control overheating risk
- Roof access
- Bespoke rooflights
- About Glazing Vision
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