I thought it would be good to take a p\ragraph out of my book Climate Change House. It is quite pertinent after our longest drought, hottest days and the threat of unprecedented storms crossing the Atlantic.

It's not that we have not had them in the past, it's how much more severe they are as we get into more acute levels of Climate Change.

Homes are suffering increased problems due to Global Warming and the resultant frequency and severity of Climate Change.

Politically, people are leaning towards improved protection and mitigation of Climate Change and it's now a significant influence and belief in human-created climate change ranks third among the most critical issues for the population at large. YouGov opinion polls also show climate change as a key concern among electors and 80% of the adult population think of housing as an issue.

In five years, 570,000 new homes were built between 2016 and 2021. Mostly these new homes are not climate change resilient. Current policies throw a woolly insulation blanket over houses (new and old) and call it renovation, refurbishment or Global Warming mitigation and when the days pass with temperatures close to, or above, 40℃ it becomes apparent that the need for climate change mitigation which is a much bigger and life-threatening problem.

Occupants are at risk of overheating in their homes (there are still an estimated two thousand heat-related deaths per year and increasing). Household heating in winter is very likely to decrease due to warmer winters, and summer air conditioning demand will grow but there will be severe winter weather as well from time to time.