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Climate Resilience Expert Warns: Modern Buildings Unprepared for a Warming World

Professor Emeritus Susan Roaf from Heriot-Watt University warns that todays buildings are not equipped to handle the intensifying heatwaves, storms, and cold snaps due to climate change. She emphasizes the need for mixed-mode buildings that utilize sun, shading, and natural airflow, as current designs relying on mechanical cooling and heating fail during power outages. Roaf highlights studies showing natural ventilation reducing COVID clusters in Scottish hospitals and calls for collaboration among governments, architects, engineers, health leaders, and communities to create safe, low-energy buildings.

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