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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112861
	The cost of achieving healthy temperatures in children's bedrooms: Evidence from New Zealand
	Shorter C.; Crane J.; Barnes P.; Kang J.; Honeywill C.; Robertson O.; O'Sullivan K.; Telfar-Barnard L.; Pierse N.; Howden-Chapman P.
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	164
英文摘要	The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends minimum indoor temperatures of 18 °C to maintain health. In a study of 152 children's bedrooms in Wellington, New Zealand we aimed to establish the costs of following WHO advice, using standard heaters over eight weeks of autumn to spring to investigate household factors and heating behaviours that significantly increase heating costs. During the heating intervention a mean children's bedroom temperature of 20 °C (range of 17–23 °C) was achieved, over a mean period of 12.2 h per night, using on average 6.33 kWh per night. Five factors significantly affected energy use: keeping children's bedroom doors fully open, having three or more intervention weeks in mid-winter, presence of mould, housing built pre-1978, and the bedroom having two or more exterior walls. These data have important implications for the New Zealand Winter Energy Payment (WEP) policy, supporting low income households. Based on figures from this study, the projected cost to heat one child's bedroom (NZ$58 per month) equates to 46% of the 2021 WEP. The current WEP is insufficient to cover the costs of heating living areas and more than one child's bedroom and should be adjusted for number of children and climatic region. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Children's health; Energy costs; Energy subsidy; Indoor heating; Thermal comfort
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Energy utilization; Health; Children healths; Energy cost; Energy payment; Energy subsidies; Energy use; Indoor heating; Indoor temperature; Mean period; New zealand; World Health Organization; Heating; air temperature; child health; cost analysis; heating; indoor air; subsidy system; New Zealand
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/256278
作者单位	Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand; Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shorter C.,Crane J.,Barnes P.,et al. The cost of achieving healthy temperatures in children's bedrooms: Evidence from New Zealand[J],2022,164.
APA	Shorter C..,Crane J..,Barnes P..,Kang J..,Honeywill C..,...&Howden-Chapman P..(2022).The cost of achieving healthy temperatures in children's bedrooms: Evidence from New Zealand.Energy Policy,164.
MLA	Shorter C.,et al."The cost of achieving healthy temperatures in children's bedrooms: Evidence from New Zealand".Energy Policy 164(2022).