Achieving Health and Social Equity through Housing: Understanding the Impact of Non Energy Benefits in the United States
Ruth Ann Norton, Brendan Wade Brown, Catherine Lee, Kiki Malomo-Paris, Jamal Lewis (Green and Healthy Homes Initiative)
This report identifies and explores how home-based energy efficiency measures, weatherization and healthy home upgrades can confer non-energy benefits at the individual and community level, effectively address social determinants of health, and drive significant savings by improving economic, health and environmental outcomes for residents of affordable housing.
Issue
Making Homes Healthier Advancing Equitable PoliciesLocation
NationalFocus Level
NationalTopic
Energy equity Energy burden Energy efficiency Energy policy Environmental Justice Healthy housing Housing policy Non-energy benefits Resident benefits WeatherizationFormat
Policy recommendations ResearchKeywords
WAP
