Building Heat Resilience in Rental Homes
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The University of Arizona.Rights
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This item is part of the Sustainable Built Environments collection. For more information, contact http://sbe.arizona.edu.Abstract
We are already seeing the negative effects of climate change and extreme climate events. However, they are disproportionately affecting certain communities. It is essential that the different qualities and environments in which make people more vulnerable are identified and addressed. This research aims to identify how renters are vulnerable to heat-related illness and death due to the physiological, social, and environmental conditions of living in a rental home. Throughout the capstone, the factors which increase heat risk were identified, compared to the conditions of a renter, and simple solutions for how renters can build heat resiliency in a cost effective and simple way were proposed.Description
Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone ProjectType
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