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Filter search resultsHousing researchers win the Rutherford Medal, NZ’s top research honour
… Housing researchers win the Rutherford Medal, NZ’s top … - Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago, Wellington, have been awarded the 2021 Rutherford … and have partnered with local councils to introduce a rental warrant-of-fitness scheme to improve the quality of …NewsThe Healthy Housing Index
… The Healthy Housing Index pilot study aims to investigate the feasibility of creating a Healthy Housing Index (HHI): an indicator of housing condition and related health and safety outcomes. …Research ProjectSafe Housing Enabling Long Term Effective Recovery (SHELTER)
… Well Homes is a housing coordination service which links Wellington whānau … for financial assistance, and referral for provision of insulation, heating, curtain banks, beds, bedding, … improved domestic space heating: A randomised community trial. Energy Policy . 2010;38(8):3965-3972. Free S, …Research ProjectIndividual and collective action for healthy rental housing in New Zealand: an historical and contemporary study
… - PhD 2016 Substandard, insecure, and unaffordable housing affects health, contributing to the spread of infectious disease, susceptibility to respiratory illness, … meant tenants were more likely to try to leave the rental sector rather than work towards its improvement. In …Research ProjectPhilippa Howden-Chapman
… Co-director of He Kāinga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme Director of New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities Professor of …MemberIndoor Air Quality Research Centre of New Zealand calls for government prioritisation on ventilation this World Ventil8 Day
… 8 November 2024 As the world faces the challenge of maintaining healthy indoor environments in an era of … and Employment highlighted the importance of healthy housing behaviours. This included using mechanical … A 2024 Ministry of Health’s note 5 to the Minister “Options to improve ventilation”, underscores the importance …Publication or ResourceAnyone can live in a boarding house, can’t they? The advantages and disadvantages of boarding house residence
… Clare Aspinall – Master's 2013 Research indicates that housing and tenure type influence well-being. Traditionally, boarding houses are an important type of accommodation, but there is a paucity of knowledge about these dwellings in New Zealand. …Research ProjectThe HOME Study: Studying the effect of homes on the onset of childhood respiratory conditions
… respiratory health. Many studies now attest to the effects of dampness and mould on pre-existing asthma including large … These associations were confirmed in a detailed Institute of Medicine report in 2004. The same report suggested that … prevalence and morbidity and high rates of poor quality housing. The domestic environment may be an important driver …Research ProjectHousehold Energy Affordability
… in fuel poverty when it would need to spend more than 10% of its income on household energy in order to be adequately … requires information on the contributing factors: income, housing efficiency, energy costs, and indoor temperature. The … living in cities. Households, particularly in the private rental sector, commonly rely on electric space heating which …Research ProjectEvaluation of Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart programme
… for New Zealand households. It is the largest programme of its type in New Zealand history and represents, amongst other things, the fruition of more than a decade of academic and applied research by He Kāinga Oranga, the Housing and Health Research Programme of Otago University, …Research Project