Identifying optimal sustainable cooling strategies for the most vulnerable during heatwaves

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1147789

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Current guidance warns against electric fan use in heatwaves without any supporting evidence. This Project aims to identify how fans and other parallel low-resource strategies can reduce the risk of heat-related illness in the most vulnerable during simulated hot/humid and very hot/dry heat wave conditions. This information will be used to develop simple heat adaptation strategies that also mitigate unsustainable energy demands and the destructive environmental impact of air conditioning.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2018

End Date: 01-01-2022

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $1,115,640.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

climate change adaption | dehydration | elderly | heat stress | thermoregulation

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