For anyone who lives in the UK, and especially London, the last few weeks have been... hard. Temperature records have been broken, flats and people are overheated, and the less said about the Tube, the better.
In countries across Europe that are not well-equipped to deal with extreme heat for days or weeks on end, including a general lack of air conditioning in many homes, breaking into the 30s is tough. But that doesn't mean there aren't some effective steps you can take. Even in a new-build block of flats like mine, simple changes can help keep average temperatures down, making life more bearable.
