Apparently there is a fairly wide air space behind the cladding they have put on the tower blocks. How then can it function as thermal insulation? There are no fire breaks, it is said, so convection would presumably ensure a constant flow upwards of air which would cool the building walls even more effectively than if they were unadorned. Could it be that the cladding is primarily aesthetic, with greeny concerns just an excuse/means of getting an EEC grant?
Bill