Heating repurposed for commercial properties

摘要

The coronavirus has transformed our city centres, and raised questions about how we use commercial buildings going forward. Alongside this, a report from the Mayor of London has highlighted that the UK's capital has some of the world's oldest building stock, and 80% of which will still be in use by 2050 - a situation no doubt mirrored in other British cities. Office buildings, so long the hub of city centre life, now stand empty due to COVID-19 and working-from-home arrangements. In turn, many shops have shut their doors due to lack of footfall, turning once-thrumming urban areas into virtual ghost towns. Yet as we begin to recover from the pandemic, many companies are keeping these new working arrangements intact, and looking to smaller offices and flexible attendance schedules as the way forward. This, in turn, raises a question - what do we do with these now-empty offices and shops?