🥵 Keeping your home cool in hot weather
Practical tips to stay cool and safe during extreme heat
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🥵 Keeping your home cool in hot weather
Hot weather can make homes uncomfortable and, in some cases, affect our health. Whether you own your home or rent, there are simple steps you can take to stay cooler and more comfortable. This page shares practical tips for managing hot weather, along with information about local projects helping Queen's Park residents adapt to hotter summers.
How to cool your home during hot weather
Help with extreme heat
Home improvements to beat the heat
Check out the Healthy Homes Guide to explore options for preparing your Avenues home for hot weather.
Removable awnings trial
As part of our work to help residents adapt to hotter summers, Westminster City Council has partnered with London-based design company Shaded to trial removable awnings for sash windows in the Queen's Park. The awnings are suitable for renters and sensitive to planning requirements, making them a practical option for many homes. Twenty households are testing the awnings this summer, and we are evaluating their impact on indoor temperatures and resident comfort.
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💡 Healthy Homes Design Challenge
Join EcoMinds for a hands-on, youth-led design challenge exploring how homes could become healthier, greener and more comfortable places to live.
🪟 Faster and easier window upgrades are here
Find out more about the local development order for Queens Park which will make it faster and easier to get window upgrades
🥵 Removable awnings trial
Find out about our trial of removable awnings, aimed at making homes more comfortable in hot weather.
🛠️ Further resources and support
Delve deeper and access practical support.
📖 Healthy Homes Guide
Understand your home and explore options for improvements.
➡️ You Said, We Did & What's Next
Find out how ideas for change are being taken forward.
🗫 Healthy Homes Forum
Find out about the Healthy Homes Forum - a group of local residents creating ways to improve Avenues homes
🎙️ Avenues Voices
Listen to residents reflect on the Avenues’ rich heritage, housing challenges and hopes for the future.
🪟 Faster and easier window upgrades
Have your say on plans to remove the need to apply for planning permission for many window upgrades.
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