Research to consider the costs and benefits to designers and builders of measures to increase the resilience of new developments to high temperatures and localised flooding

The objective of this project is to collect evidence on the factors that influence decisions by designers and builders on whether to include adaptation measures into new buildings, including if relevant the real and perceived costs and benefits of incorporating those measures. In the context of this study, ‘costs’ and ‘benefits’ should be interpreted broadly, and more widely than monetary measures. This project should focus on understanding what factors drive decision making and is not meant to be a full cost-benefit analysis. The ‘costs’ to designers and builders can include, for example: - Direct costs of materials and labour - Indirect costs such as adaptation measures conflict…

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