5 tips for getting off gas at home – for a cleaner, cheaper, healthier all-electric future

August 21, 2023

Trivess Moore, RMIT University; Alan Pears, RMIT University, and Nicola Willand, RMIT University Burning gas in our homes to cook food or heat air and water has become a contentious issue. Gas is an expensive, polluting fossil fuel, and there’s mounting evidence to suggest it’s also bad for our health. Five million existing Australian households […]

‘Die of cold or die of stress?’: Social housing is frequently colder than global health guidelines

July 22, 2021

Daniel Daly, University of Wollongong; Federico Tartarini, University of Wollongong; Gordon Waitt, University of Wollongong; Michael Tibbs, University of Wollongong; Paul Cooper, University of Wollongong, and Theresa Harada, University of Wollongong As you huddle inside this winter – possibly as part of a pandemic lockdown – you might be noticing the “thermal performance” of your […]

Mould and damp health costs are about 3 times those of sugary drinks. We need a healthy housing agenda

October 26, 2020

Rebecca Bentley, University of Melbourne and Emma Baker The World Health Organisation has always been interested in housing as one of the big “causes of the causes”, of the social determinants, of health. The WHO launched evidence-based guidelines for healthy housing policies in 2019. Australia is behind the eight ball on healthy housing. Other governments, […]