Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0231065

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0231065

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Improving thermal performance of low-cost houses for better health of occupants and to reduce costs of temperature control. Recent projects in rural and remote Australian Indigenous communities show that internal house temperatures can vary from accepted temperature ranges that promote well-being, particularly in young children, by up to 20ºC in both summer and winter. Low-cost housing with poor thermal performance often results in reliance on 'active', often costly-to-run, heating and cooling appliances. Measured internal temperatures, energy and water-use data from Indigenous houses will be analysed to demonstrate the link between low-cost house design and poor thermal performance. A methodology and prioritised guidelines for improving temperature control in existing and new low-cost housing will be formulated.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 29-07-2002

End Date: 28-07-2004

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $45,090.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Architecture | Building Science And Techniques | Building |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Housing | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health | Housing

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health | Architecture | Building | Building Science And Techniques | Housing

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