Manly Blog<p>Heat, cold, pollution, noise and insects: too many apartment blocks aren’t up to the challenge</p><p>"Research shows how apartment residents struggle with the impacts of unhealthy homes. It’s a result of decades of urban planning based on fossil fuel use and high-rise building standards poorly adapted to the Australian environment."</p><p>"Our study involved residents of apartments in Liverpool CBD in New South Wales. They are exposed to particulate pollution from heavy truck movements tied to the Moorebank freight terminal, smoke from increasingly severe bushfires and a rising number of days of extreme heat each year." </p><p>"Buildings that are bad for health and sleep.This sort of housing is bad for residents’ health and wellbeing. It will also add to energy poverty for decades to come. Residents’ experiences reflect low building standards in Australia. Wanted: better regulations and development models."<br>&gt;</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/heat-cold-pollution-noise-and-insects-too-many-apartment-blocks-arent-up-to-the-challenge-215990" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/heat-cold-</span><span class="invisible">pollution-noise-and-insects-too-many-apartment-blocks-arent-up-to-the-challenge-215990</span></a><br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSW</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Sydney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sydney</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/highrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highrise</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/apartments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartments</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/LowBuildingStandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowBuildingStandards</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/noise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noise</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/trucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trucks</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/bushfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bushfire</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/smoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smoke</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CarDependent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependent</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/mould" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mould</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a></p>