The Health Gains and Cost Savings of Eradicating Cold Housing in Australia

Mishra, Shiva Raj; Wilson, Tim; Andrabi, Hassan; Ouakrim, Driss Ait; Li, Ang; Singh, Ankur; Akpan, Edifofon; Bentley, Rebecca; Blakely, Tony

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4165606

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“…Not only is housing unaffordable in many of our urban centres but it can also often be in poor condition and energy inefficient (especially rental housing) (Box 2). 25 …”

Section: Commercial Determinants Of Housingmentioning

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Commercial determinants of human rights: for‐profit health care and housing

Lacy-Nichols

Bentley

Elshaug

2023

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…Not only is housing unaffordable in many of our urban centres but it can also often be in poor condition and energy inefficient (especially rental housing) (Box 2). 25 …”

Section: Commercial Determinants Of Housingmentioning

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Commercial determinants of human rights: for‐profit health care and housing

Lacy-Nichols

Bentley

Elshaug

2023

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…High energy costs or lack of access, low household income, and housing energy inefficiency are the proximal causes of energy hardship [9][10][11][12][13] . While heating costs have previously been the primary generator of energy hardship, heatwaves in recent decades have led to energy hardship arising from the need to cool homes, and focussed attention on climate change as a distal cause of energy poverty 7,14,15 . Energy demand increases during periods of extreme heat as people transition from outdoor to indoor activities and use energy to run cooling devices.…”

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“…Energy demand increases during periods of extreme heat as people transition from outdoor to indoor activities and use energy to run cooling devices. Difficulties in affording the essential energy services have significant consequences for people's health and social outcomes 7,14,15 , either through the direct impact of thermal discomfort (high or low indoor temperatures), financial stress, or substitution effects that puts pressure on basic cost-of-living budgets including housing payments, essential medication, and education.…”

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The impact of extreme heat and cold on energy poverty

Li,

Toll,

Bentley

2023

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Climate change is shifting the distribution of temperature. The occurrence of more intense, prolonged, and frequent extreme ambient temperatures is redistributing the experience of energy hardship from a problem primarily affecting colder climates to a global issue. To better understand the relationship between climate change and energy poverty, and to develop public policy cognizant of the economic consequences for households, we examine the relationship between temperature and energy hardship risk across climate zones in Australia. Using large nationally representative data (281,956 observations) on energy poverty linked to temperature records between 2005 and 2021, the study investigates the effect of the intensity, duration, and frequency of extreme heat and cold temperatures on energy hardship, and how this risk is differently experienced depending on individual, housing and neighbourhood vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities. Our findings suggest that the risk of energy poverty increases at an accelerating rate with hotter temperatures, and the upward trend in the risk of energy poverty was more pronounced after the average maximum temperature reached 30℃. Conversely, the risk of energy poverty decreases with cold extremes becoming warmer. Middle-aged people (especially in their 30s), women, lone parents, group or multi-family households, and rental tenants were most at risk, though these individual vulnerabilities can be offset by high-quality housing that was protective of the effect of temperature extremes on energy hardship. The risk of energy poverty under a high emissions global warming scenario is projected to increase by 1.08%-1.98% attributable to hotter extreme heat and decrease by 1.63%-2.84% attributable to warmer winter temperatures in long run. Energy hardship will remain a concern despite raising temperatures driven by more extreme heat, especially for populations with individual vulnerabilities and lacking adapted housing and neighbourhoods.

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The Health Gains and Cost Savings of Eradicating Cold Housing in Australia

Cited by 2 publications

References 11 publications

Commercial determinants of human rights: for‐profit health care and housing

Commercial determinants of human rights: for‐profit health care and housing

The impact of extreme heat and cold on energy poverty

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