Housing and health
Report
Smart home control: exploring the potential for off-the-shelf enabling technologies in energy vulnerable and other households
This trial of smart home control in 46 households shows limits to use for managing home energy bills and electricity demand.
Article
Low-energy homes don't just save money, they improve lives
Australian and UK researchers sought to understand what it’s like to live in purpose-built low-energy housing.
Report
Housing and Indigenous disability: lived experiences of housing and community infrastructure
This study investigated the interconnections between housing, community infrastructure and quality of life for Indigenous people living with disability.
Report
Review of adult palliative care services in New Zealand
Summary: This review presents a refreshed strategic direction for adult palliative care and proposes a suite of initiatives to help manage future increases in demand for palliative care. We know that as people live longer there will be more people with complex conditions who will need palliative care to give them the best possible quality...
Report
Living well - apartments, comfort and resilience in climate change
This report has been produced by the University of Melbourne for the Australian Communities Foundation Green Cities Innovation Fund to document an international review on high-rise apartment building thermal performance and comfort in heat wave conditions. This identified four international standards that represent best practice in protecting the health of apartment residents in heatwave conditions...