Developing Resilient Housing for Low Socio-Economic Older People

该项目旨在提高人们对住房设计和室内环境的认识，以改善南澳大利亚社会经济地位较低的老年人的福祉，包括那些具有不同文化和语言背景的老年人。它将收集有关室内生活环境及其与居住者健康、家庭能源使用和运营成本的关系的信息，以探索负担得起的改善策略。该项目对解决三分之一的人口所面临的问题具有重要意义，这些人口买不起适当的住房，而且缺乏燃料。生活条件的改善将提高生活质量，减少公共卫生费用，同时通过减少能源使用提供环境效益。

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.