Recent progress on building products for heat mitigation (Mat Santamouris, UNSW, AU)

 

Social housing temperatures in NSW exceed health and safety limits: study

Many low-income households can endure temperatures in their homes close to 40°C during summer and as little as 5°C during winter.


Many residents in social housing in New South Wales can experience alarming levels of winter underheating and summer overheating in their homes that do not meet standards for comfort and health, according to UNSW Sydney-led research funded by the Department of Planning and Environment and CRC for Low Carbon Living.