Housing and health
Evaluation
The Victorian Healthy Homes Program: research findings
The Victorian Healthy Homes Program was a randomised controlled trial designed to measure the impact of an energy efficiency and thermal comfort home upgrade on temperature, energy use, health and quality of life. It found that a modest home upgrade improved indoor warmth, health and gas use.
Report
Tents to castles: building energy efficient, cost-saving Aussie homes
Low energy efficiency standards have left too many Australians living in poorly-made homes equated to 'glorified tents', which are stifling during summer and freezing in winter. The research outlined in this report suggests that living in a 7-Star, all-electric house in any capital city in Australia would save occupants on average $450 per year on...
Research Summary
New Dropping off the Edge report shows persistent location-based disadvantage
This FACSIAR Summary looks at the Jesuit Social Services' 2021 Dropping off the Edge report.
Guide
Framework guidelines on the right to a decent home in Aotearoa
This framework aims to introduce the international right to adequate housing and signal the different ways this human right can contribute to a fair and dynamic housing system in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Report
Indoor climate and mould in New Zealand homes
This study looked at 88 homes across New Zealand and measured temperature and relative humidity during the winter months at locations in Auckland, Wellington, the upper South Island and Dunedin in 2016 and again in Wellington in 2017.