Heatwaves in Cities: Impacts on Health and the Building Sector
- rocalce
- 2 days ago
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Updated: 1 day ago
Reflecting on the workshop held at the Belgian Climate Centre on 12 May 2025
[Synthesis note coming soon]
The workshop programme was established in collaboration with a scientific board led by Professor Jacques Teller (ULiège) and composed of Griet Verbeek (UHasselt), Attia Shady (ULiège), Geoffrey Van Moeseke (UCLouvain), and Arnold Janssens (UGent).
Thank you to all participants and speakers for making this event a success!
The programme and presentations of the workshop
Below is a link to the event programme and presentations that were given.
Programme
The Belgian cities in a +2°C world (~ 2030) and +3°C world (~ 2060)
Excess mortality in nursing homes during heatwaves
How heat threatens our homes: insights from the Walloon housing stock
Soon available
Towards the effective implementation of passive strategies for summer thermal comfort in dwellings: lessons learned from the SOFTSummer project in Wallonia
Towards adaptive, resilient, and healthy buildings: facts and policy recommendation
A perspective on resilience and health – humans and buildings in times of climate
change
