The article published on Buildings & Cities discusses the need to reduce reliance on air conditioning and explores practical approaches to cooling in UK. The authors emphasise the advantages of passive cooling measures and proactive options available for adapting buildings to hotter summers and extreme events. They highlight the reasons to limit air conditioning usage, such as reducing cooling needs, improving resilience to power outages, and mitigating the urban heat island effect. The article stresses the importance of a balanced approach to risk, complexity, and detail when considering design interventions for thermal comfort. While passive cooling measures are well-established in other climates, these require adaptation to the UK's design and cultural context

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