The paper describes OptiHab study, done in the framework of the MARIE project. The objective of OptiHab is to provide technical and economic information to optimize the energy renovation of residential sector in Catalonia, ensuring the comfort of the users. The information of the study gives the criteria to develop regional strategies and policies to improve the energy efficiency of the residen...

OBJECTIVES to determine the environmental quality of community-based residential and nursing care for people with dementia. DESIGN survey of a stratified random sample of care homes. SETTINGS forty-six registered residential and nursing homes in a single health district. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES scales for the assessment of environments for people with dementia, including care practices, soc...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to describe preparations for extreme hot weather at Victorian public sector residential aged care services for the 2010-11 summer, and to examine the role of the Residential Aged Care Services Heatwave Ready Resource in this process. METHOD Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews of senior staff of Victorian public sector resi...

There are many uncertainties and risks in residential electricity consumption associated with economic development. Knowledge of the relationship between residential electricity consumption and its key determinant—income—is important to the sustainable development of the electric power industry. Using panel data from 30 provinces for the 1995–2012 period, this study investigates how residential...

With a rapid growth rate, urbanization is casting a profound impact on both production and residential sector in China, influencing the energy consumption accordingly. Based on theoretical analysis and LMDI (Log Mean Divisia Index) method, the change of energy consumption in the two sectors is decomposed into several effects related to urbanization. According to the empirical result from 1980 t...

BACKGROUND Exposure to ozone and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) can cause adverse health effects, including premature mortality due to cardiopulmonary diseases and lung cancer. Recent studies quantify global air pollution mortality but not the contribution of different emissions sectors, or they focus on a specific sector. OBJECTIVES We estimated the global mortality burden of anthropogenic ...

Clarke, A. (2011). Three therapeutic residential care models, the sanctuary model, positive peer culture and dyadic developmental psychotherapy and their application to the theory of congruence. Children Australia, 36, 2, 81–87. DOI 10.1375/jcas.36.2.81 Therapeutic residential care is a service model being funded within the Queensland out-of-home care sector within the last 24 months. The Depar...

OBJECTIVE To determine the changes between 1979 and 1990 in demography and dependency levels in elderly people in residential care. DESIGN Censuses of those aged 65 years and over in any type of residential care at midnight on 11 December 1979 and 27 November 1990. SETTING Leicestershire District Health Authority (population 865,133, 1991 census), coterminous with county and social services...

As the Malaysian residential electricity consumption continued to increase rapidly, effective energy policies, which address factors affecting residential electricity consumption, is urgently needed. This study attempts to investigate the relationship between residential electricity consumption (EC), real disposable income (Y), price of electricity (Pe) and population (Po) in Malaysia for 1978-...