Thermal Comfort

Our work in this space will make a difference for low socio-economic older people.

Building on our previous successful ARC Discovery Grant (DP 180102019), we are currently working with Professor Veronica Soebarto and her team on the following grant (DP220103213):

  • Developing resilient housing for low socio-economic older people

We are trekking into the final year of this project with focus groups completed and also, results from in-home monitoring coming in.

Recent publications

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Soebarto, V…Visvanathan R, … (2021)

Thermal Comfort at Home: A Guide for Older South Australians. The University of Adelaide

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Arakawa Martins, L., Williamson, T., Bennetts, H., Zuo, J., Visvanathan, R., Hansen, A., . . . Soebarto, V. (2020) Individualising thermal comfort models for older people: the effects of personal characteristics on comfort and wellbeing. In S. Roaf, F. Nicol, & W. Finlayson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th Windsor Conference on Thermal Comfort: Resilient Comfort (pp. 187-199). online: Windsor.
Williamson, T., Soebarto, V., Bennetts, H., Arakawa Martins, L., Pisaniello, D., Hansen, A., . . . van Hoof, J. (2022) Assessing human resilience: A study of thermal comfort, wellbeing and health of older people. In F. Nicol, H. B. Rijal, & S. Roaf (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Resilient Thermal Comfort (1 ed., pp. 108-127). Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Taylor & Francis.