Overheating management

Identify overheating risks and protect residents

High indoor temperatures can have a serious impact on residents' health, comfort, and wellbeing. Switchee helps housing providers identify homes at risk of overheating through real-time temperature and humidity insights, supporting earlier intervention, more informed decisions, and healthier living conditions.

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The growing challenge of overheating in UK housing

Conditions

Outdoor temperatures alone don't tell us what's happening inside homes. Property characteristics, ventilation, humidity, and heating settings can all influence indoor conditions, meaning homes in the same area may experience very different levels of overheating risk.

Consequences

Prolonged exposure to high indoor temperatures can cause fatigue, dehydration, and, in severe cases, heatstroke, particularly for residents more vulnerable to heat. With excess heat covered under Awaab's Law, understanding and addressing overheating risks is an important regulatory responsibility for housing providers.

Communication

Residents may not always recognise or report excessive heat in their homes. Maintaining open communication helps housing providers understand residents' experiences, share practical advice during hot weather, and identify households that may need additional support.

The scale of overheating in social housing

How widespread is overheating in social housing, and what can we learn from the conditions experienced inside homes?

Our overheating white paper draws on real-world data from Switchee-monitored properties to explore the scale, severity, and duration of overheating. It examines how conditions vary between homes, why some properties experience prolonged periods of excessive heat, and what these findings mean for housing providers.

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Understand overheating. Take action.

Overheating can have different causes and require different responses. Switchee's Overheating Risk insight identifies properties experiencing potentially harmful indoor conditions by combining temperature and humidity data to calculate the 'feels like' temperature, providing a clearer picture of how hot conditions may feel to residents.

Beyond identifying risk, Overheating Risk highlights likely contributing causes and provides recommended next steps, helping housing providers prioritise investigations, support residents, and make informed decisions about repairs and property improvements. By tracking changes in indoor conditions over time, housing providers can assess whether overheating risks have reduced following interventions, helping them understand the impact of their actions.

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