Coffee & Geography 6x15 Claire Brown (UK) Climate resilient homes, bakes for kids

Kit Marie chats with Tyndall Centre colleague Claire Brown about social housing, overheating, thermal comfort and how UK homes need to adapt to a changing climate. Claire explains why climate-resilient housing is a social justice issue, how building design and solar shading can reduce overheating, and why the UK must address both its existing housing stock and the homes being built for 2050 and beyond. The conversation also visits Passivhaus social housing in Norwich, ceiling fans, shutters, climate vulnerability - and Claire’s volunteer baking for Free Cakes for Kids. A practical and people-centred conversation about making homes safer, fairer and more comfortable in a warmer world. Links: 🔗 Claire Brown — Tyndall Centre profile (https://tyndall.ac.uk/people/claire-b...) 🔗 Claire Brown — University of Manchester research profile (https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/...) 🔗 Tyndall Spotlight: Claire Brown (https://tyndall.ac.uk/news/8728/) 🔗 Futureproofing UK social housing (https://www.tyndall.manchester.ac.uk/...) 🔗 Goldsmith Street, Norwich — Passivhaus Trust (https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/pr...) 🔗 Goldsmith Street — Mikhail Riches (https://www.mikhailriches.com/project...) 🔗 Shade the UK (https://www.shadetheuk.com/) 🔗 Shading for Housing: Design Guide for a Changing Climate (https://kb.goodhomes.org.uk/guidance/...) 🔗 Is the UK Hot Right Now? (https://istheukhotrightnow.com/) 🔗 National Emergency Briefing (https://www.nebriefing.org/expert-bri...) 🔗 Free Cakes for Kids UK (https://www.freecakesforkids.org.uk/) #CoffeeGeogPod #ClaireBrown #ClimateResilience #SocialHousing #ClimateJustice #HousingJustice #Overheating #ThermalComfort #ClimateAdaptation #SustainableHousing #Passivhaus #SolarShading #HousingRetrofit #EnergyDemand #FuelPoverty #CoolingPoverty #BuiltEnvironment #TyndallCentre #GeographyEducation #FreeCakesForKids Theme music: "Spark of Inspiration" by Silvermansound.com