Hot apartments: 'If we need air conditioning, we've designed it wrong'
by Lydia Hales It was one of the most extreme heatwaves in south-eastern Australian history. During late January and early February 2009, temperature records were toppled across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Then, on 7 February, 24 of Victoria’s 35 long-term stations recorded record high temperatures: Melbourne reached 46.4C while Hopetoun broke a state record with 48.8C. These extreme temperatures were said to have caused an estimated 374 deaths in Victoria. And it