Home - UK Overheating

Bespoke solution partners

Overheating occurs when indoor temperatures are in excess of those acceptable for human comfort. Prolonged exposure to high temperatures affects human health. Our goal is to alleviate this and provide comfortable homes for people to live in, all year round.

We provide a single cohesive strategy developed according to the site environmental constraints, to reduce heat gains and provide usable solutions that remove excess heat.

Explore our expertise

Overheating in buildings has been highlighted as a key risk for the health and productivity of people and businesses in the UK

It is estimated that there are about 2,000 heat-related deaths each year in England and Wales.

This has led to new regulations to ensure occupants in new residential buildings do not suffer excessive temperatures.

Approved Document O England

Approved Document O (2021 edition – England) was released in December 2021 and came into force for all Building Regulations building notices, full plans applications and initial notices for residential buildings submitted in England from 15 June 2022.

Approved Document O Wales

Approved Document O (2022 edition – Wales) was released in May 2022 and came into force for all Building Regulations building notices, full plans applications and initial notices for residential buildings submitted in Wales from 23 November 2022.

Scottish Building Standard 3.28

Standard 3.28 of the Scottish Building Standards Domestic Technical Handbook (December 2022 edition) was released in June 2022 and came into force for all residential Building Warrant applications submitted in Scotland from 01 February 2023.

The work we do –

We believe people should be able to live in comfort in properties all year round.

We are the UK’s first company dedicated to overheating assessment. We pride ourselves on providing a coordinated solution, considering all factors to present a full and comprehensive overheating strategy.

Meet our team

Churchill Retirement Living

"Working with James is a pleasure and an education. His enthusiasm and expertise in the field of acoustics and overheating mitigation is infectious and a pragmatic and practical approach, driven by a desire to arrive at cost-effective solutions shines through. As a consultant, he also has a good commercial understanding and that business acumen adds to his credibility and reliability. James is my ‘go to’ guy when it comes to overheating and acoustics."