Resilient Housing Guideline for Older People: How to get ready for future climates

The project aims to advance knowledge about housing design and indoor environment to improve the wellbeing of older people with low socio-economic status in South Australia, including those with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. It will gather information about indoor living environment and relationships with wellbeing of the occupants, household energy use and operational costs, to explore affordable improvement strategies. The project is significant to address the problems faced by one-third of the population who are unable to afford proper housing and fuel-poor. Improved living conditions will lead to better quality of life and reduce public health costs while providing environmental benefits through reduced energy use.本项目旨在深化住房设计与室内环境领域的研究认知，以改善南澳大利亚州社会经济地位较低老年群体的健康福祉，其中涵盖文化与语言背景多元的老年人群。本项目将收集室内居住环境、居住者福祉关联因素、家庭能源使用与运营成本等相关数据，以探索可负担的居住环境优化方案。本项目的重要意义在于解决占总人口三分之一、无力负担适宜住房且面临能源贫困的群体所面临的问题。居住条件的改善不仅能提升生活质量、降低公共卫生开支，还可通过减少能源消耗带来环境效益。