Rethinking the Glass Tower: Designing Workplaces for a Hotter World

Cities around the world are getting hotter—and not just by a few degrees. The number of extreme heat days is rising so quickly that many urban cores are becoming heat islands in their own right. In the U.S., the Environmental Protection Agency reports that heat-related deaths have tripled since the 1990s, and in Europe, last year’s record summer temperatures caused thousands of hospitalizations for dehydration and heat stroke. The urban heat crisis is no longer just a public health issue, it’s becoming a workplace design problem...   ...more

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