Australian houses are not designed and built for the realities of climate change
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Everyone has a different ideal temperature at any given time. It could be more comfortable to monitor people's body temperatures and adjust heating and cooling in response.
Domestic cats spend a quarter of their waking hours grooming. But that tongue action on the fur does more than keep fur clean – it also helps keep a cat cool.
Dairy cows are sensitive to heat, so farmers cool them down with sprinklers and fans. Researchers are designing better, more efficient systems to keep cows comfortable through hot California summers.
Extreme heat divides people from the environment and from each other. So with the rapid densification of our cities, what kind of legacies are we building for future generations?
Our cities are getting hotter. Luckily, as a built environment, we can actually do something about it.
Before you spend up on heating and cooling, here are a few simple retrofits to try first.
As the weather heats up, Australian households won’t just be cranking up the air conditioning for themselves. Some households will also be turning it on for their dogs or cats.
Bigger houses take more energy to build them, and use more energy.
From solar canopies to wind towers, Masdar City provides a living laboratory for the latest sustainable design and technology.
Sweating it out through hot summer nights? Here are some tips when you're looking for something to cool you down.
If you work in an office, chances are you or the person sitting next to you has grumbled about it being too hot or cold.
Heat cost Australia nearly A$7 billion in 2014, which is bad news given climate forecasts of hotter and more frequent heatwaves.
Making and keeping things cold is one of the big challenges of the next decade.
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Professor of Conservation and Sustainable Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Construction and Environmental Assessment, University of Melbourne
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André Stephan is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer in Architectural Engineering, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash Univesity, Monash University
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Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Post-doctoral researcher, the Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
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Energy Advisor, formerly, University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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Associate professor, Charles Darwin University
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Graduate Director ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, UNSW
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Professor and Head of School, Anatomy Physiology and Human Biology, University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor in the School of Human Sciences, University of Western Australia, and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, School of Physiology; Director, Brain Function Research Group, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Cold Economy, Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham
