In a recent CoStar article, James Hallworth, Partner and Head of Building Technology at Workman LLP, explores why rising temperatures are redefining building performance and why climate resilience must become a strategic priority for commercial real estate.
James explains that increasingly frequent heatwaves are exposing the limitations of traditional cooling strategies, making data-led building optimisation essential to improving comfort, reducing energy use and protecting long-term asset value. Rather than simply running buildings harder, the opportunity lies in operating them smarter.
He concludes, the future of resilient real estate won’t be built on more technology alone, but on a better understanding of how buildings perform—and using that insight to make existing assets more efficient, adaptable and commercially resilient.