Summer Overheating Protection and Thermal Mass with Pavatex Wood Fibre Insulation

Thanks to climate change our summers are getting hotter and this trend is due to continue into the foreseeable future so when we are designing or renovating buildings we should pay considerable attention to summer overheating protection as much as to winter-time heat conservation. This is particularly critical in converted attic spaces, in dormer bungalows, in top floor apartments, in lightweight structures such as timber frame buildings and in contemporary buildings with lots of south and west facing windows designed for solar gain. Schools and office blocks are also very susceptible to overheating in the warmer weather due to an abundance of windows, and heat being emitted from office machines, lighting and people.