Updated HSE guidance focuses on passive cooling strategies in pre-1980s buildings where mechanical cooling is impractical. Includes trigger thresholds for resident welfare monitoring.
Why this matters
Overheating is now a CQC environmental risk factor. Documenting your monitoring approach even simple temperature logs significantly reduces your exposure.
What to do
- 1Implement daily temperature logging in key areas (lounges, bedrooms, dining rooms) during hot weather.
- 2Identify and document your passive cooling measures shading, ventilation, portable fans.
- 3Set a trigger threshold (e.g. 26C) at which welfare monitoring is escalated and record any actions taken.
Primary source
HSE Managing Temperature in the Workplace
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