All internal climate articles
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Opinion
COP 28: Net zero buildings by 2050? You have got to be joking!
To have any chance of achieving net zero buildings we need a sea change in approaches to design, writes Susan Roaf
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Opinion
Want to know about Net Zero? Take a short hard look
With time running out to avert the worst of climate change, approaches to achieving Net Zero need to change fast, writes Susan Roaf
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Opinion
Are you sufficiently prepared for a heatwave summer?
Preparing your house for the next heatwave requires thinking tactically about solar and natural ventilation, before rushing into expensive high-tech fixes, writes Susan Roaf
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Review
Ice cream in the desert: A global journey through a climatically intelligent past
Jonathan Glancey enjoys a journey around the world, told through a series of climatically appropriate buildings and landscapes, with Italian architect Mario Cucinella
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Opinion
Buy your gran a cosy/cool corner for Christmas
We should focus less on heating and cooling entire buildings, and more on the comfort of the people who occupy them, writes Susan Roaf
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Opinion
The net zero challenge: feeling is believing
Forget everything you thought you knew about building design if you want to achieve net zero, writes Susan Roaf
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Opinion
Overheating buildings are architects’ responsibility too
It’s time to rethink your attitudes to thermal comfort - if not for the sake of the planet, then for the sake of your insurance premiums, writes Eleanor Jolliffe.