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Dwelling and household characteristics can influence summer indoor temperatures

CUSSH finds that higher summer temperatures are likely to become more commonplace and we need to understand the risks of overheating in homes and how they can be mitigated.

This CUSSH study asked two important questions to help understand overheating in homes:

What is the indoor overheating risk of different dwellings?
Which dwelling and household characteristics have significant links with higher indoor temperature?

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Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health (CUSSH) project

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