Residential wintertime comfort in a temperate Australian climate

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dc.contributor.authorDaniel, L.
dc.contributor.authorBaker, E.
dc.contributor.authorWilliamson, T.
dc.contributor.conference10th Windsor Conference: Rethinking Thermal Comfort (12 Apr 2018 - 15 Apr 2018 : Windsor, UK)
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing realisation among policy-makers and researchers that Australia has a vastly underrecognised cold housing phenomenon. Overshadowed by the dominance of concern for summer heatwaves and cooling, to date little Australian work has been undertaken on winter housing conditions. In responding to this research and evidence gap, this paper presents the findings from a wintertime thermal comfort field study in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia between July and October 2017. Participant households were selected from a larger random sample of 4,500 Australian households in the Australian Housing Conditions Dataset (AHCD). Data for this field study was collected from 19 households in the AHCD who self-identified as unable to keep warm in cold weather in their homes. On average, internal temperatures in the sample dwellings were well below standard thermal comfort levels. Interestingly, findings also indicate that residents reported being comfortable at temperatures much lower than accepted norms. Overall however, they reported very low satisfaction with their indoor thermal environment. Several hypotheses are put forward as possible explanations of these findings but will need to be subject to further research. Nevertheless, the findings from this paper position indoor cold as a forefront concern for Australian housing research and policy development.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityLyrian Daniel, Emma Baker and Terence Williamson
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the 10th Windsor Conference 2018: Rethinking Thermal Comfort, 2018, pp.852-864
dc.identifier.isbn9780992895785
dc.identifier.orcidDaniel, L. [0000-0001-9549-8515]
dc.identifier.orcidBaker, E. [0000-0002-9390-0491]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/127307
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherNCEUB
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/FT140100872
dc.relation.granthttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LE160100056
dc.rightsCopyright © ECHI ltd 2018. Copyright of the individual papers remains with the Authors.
dc.source.urihttps://windsorconference.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/W18_PROCEEDINGS.pdf
dc.subjectCold housing; thermal comfort; adaptive model; heating
dc.titleResidential wintertime comfort in a temperate Australian climate
dc.typeConference paper
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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