Cooling for the vulnerable: mitigating overheating in care homes

Active cooling will be essential to avoid an overheating crisis in Britain’s care sector. HTA Design’s Serra Ardor presents a study evaluating a combination of passive and active strategies to find the most energy-efficient path to resident comfort

Cooling the suburbs: air-to-air heat pumps

John Greengrass MCIBSE specified reversible air-to-air heat pumps for his 1930s semi-detached house, to supplement his solar heating – but the cooling function is now proving its worth, writes Alex Smith