We commissioned Chris Morgan, of John Gilbert Architects, to produce a resource that helps homeowners adapt their homes to the worsening impacts of climate change. Adapting Homes for Climate Change Glasgow

Chris presented a summary in a recent webinar.

We’ll be bringing these resources to our community events. Let us know if you would like us to visit your community group by emailing [email protected] . Adapting Homes for Climate Change Glasgow

This project was supported by the Scottish Government’s Climate Engagement Fund. Adapting Homes for Climate Change Glasgow

There is now no doubt that climate change is baked into our future,
and the issue is that the slower we are and the less we do to work
against it, the worse it will become.There is a great deal of uncertainty around the details, but there is
some consensus about the overall trends that will affect Scotland and
the UK: unless or until the ocean currents fundamentally change Adapting Homes for Climate Change
things, it is going to get warmer, wetter, and wilder.

For those interested in the subject, the UK Climate Change
Committee and Adaptation Scotland are useful resources, but the
focus here is around the immediate consequences for buildings and
the spaces between them. Internally the most important solution is to ensure that there is continuous and reliable
ventilation to all internal spaces. ‘Natural ventilation’ may not always be enough,
especially as buildings are better insulated and made more airtight. Most people are
familiar with extract fans and where feasible, these should run continuously, constantly
drawing out air and moisture at very low rates. Some ventilation systems also recover
heat from the outgoing air and these systems also tend to dry out the humidity inside
buildings, further reducing the risk of dampness and mould.

Loco Home helps homeowners. Adapting homes for climate change Glasgow. Read report on worsening impacts of climate change. Adapting Homes for Climate Change