centre in spring last year, she planned to buy it outright. but her dream of urban living has evaporated in the summer heat. it can get up to 36 degrees that i ve measured at one point. 36 degrees?! 36. brutal temperature. i mean, you can t sleep in 36 degrees. i slept in the hallway for two nights in a row. you slept in the hallway because that was the coolest place? it was the coolest place at that time. hot homes can be deadly. there are around 2,000 heat related deaths each year, according to government figures, and much of the risk is from high indoor temperatures. new build apartments like sydney s are a particular problem. it s easy to see why flats like these get so hot. you ve got this huge wall of glass here, like a greenhouse, then there are no windows at the back, so you can t get a through breeze. and they tend to be well insulated. great in winter but if they get hot in summer, they stay hot. experts say the risks
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