Hotter summers may increase the risk of overheating in new builds and retrofitted A-rated homes

from Morning Ireland · host RTÉ Radio 1

Sarah Whiteacre lives in an A-rated, new-build house in Portmarnock, County Dublin with her husband Seamus, and two young children. She told our reporter Andrew Lowth about how they coped during the recent heatwave.

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