Millions cross UK In this summer, sleepless sleep, and due to homes to reduce deteriorating health, provoked homes to promote houses temperature, Civic advice Has been found.
DonationThe survey revealed the widespread impact of four heat wavesAll over 30 C.
About half of the Britain (47 percent) reported difficulty in gold. Beyond inconvenience, 11 percent experienced deteriorating health, while 14 percent felt stress about the effect of heat on themselves or Family Members, keeping in mind the negative health effect on anyone in your home with 8 percent.
Financially, 13 percent faced high bills to cool their homes.
Overall, 45 percent of additional costs, increased energy use to buying cooling devices, with more than £ 200 7 percent expense.
One of the three Britain (34 percent) found it difficult to keep their home cool, which increased by 40 percent for rentals. Of these, 32 percent of these could not tolerate fans or air conditioning.
Civil advice findings highlight a significant vulnerability in UK’s Housing Stock, Except for many heat health and financial burden, except for many.
The survey found that one in five (20 percent) now “drade” increased to the future summer, 25 percent of the disabled people.
Civil advice said that although people often assumed that the houses were hot in summer because they were well untouched and built to maintain heat, the contrary was true.
It warned that the UK had some leaked housing stock in Europe, which left them cool and drought in winter and “also dreaded people in summer, lose sleep, and pays more to keep calm”.
The findings stated that Ora was announced that the energy price cap would increase by 2 percent from October 1, allowing the average domestic paying for gas and electricity to increase its bills from the current £ 1,720 to £ 1,755 per year.
Civil advice said it was worrisome Houses In winter, there were more payments to keep your homes warm and to keep it cool in summer, adding retrofiting homes to improve both insulation and ventilation “” is the only way to fix both problems at one time “.
It said that the government’s Warm Homes Plan was “a real opportunity to commit to the solutions distributed to healthy, safe houses”.
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Gillian Cooper, director of energy in civil advice, said: “No one should face additional costs, lose sleep, and even risks your health to get through a heatave.
“People may think that our houses get dangerously hot in summer because they are made to maintain heat. But the contrary is true, we have some of the worst untouched housing in Europe.
“This means that our houses are cold and dried in winter, and heat in summer can be easier.
“With the upcoming Warm Homes Plan of the government, we have a real chance to fix it. Retrophiting houses with proper insulation and ventilation will make our homes healthy, safe and more flexible for heat and winter cold.”
A government spokesperson said: “We are investing £ 13.2 billion to improve five million houses in this Parliament, promoting the energy efficiency of housing to deal with high temperatures.
“We are also taking action to strengthen climate flexibility in the government and local communities, improving our infrastructure and ensuring that the houses are fit for the future.”