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‘Somewhere We Can Call Home and…Be Normal’: Findings From the Justice Housing Programme Evaluation

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The relationship between homelessness or unstable housing and reincarceration is well documented. The initial month after a person is released from custody is a period of particular vulnerability, with an increased risk of homelessness and return to prison.
Helen Taylor, Lorana Bartels
wiley   +1 more source

Thermal Insulation Performance of Roof Forms in Rural Residential Houses in Western China [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The thermal insulation performance of the roofs in rural residential buildings in western China was discussed in this paper. A type of residential building that had been extensively constructed in the southern Shaanxi region was selected as the basic ...
Xiao Qiubo, Liu Yu, Cho Seigen, He Yong, Cao Maoqing   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design, characterization, and fabrication of solar-retroreflective cool-wall materials [PDF]

, 2020
Raising urban albedo increases the fraction of incident sunlight returned to outer space, cooling cities and their buildings. We evaluated the angular distribution of solar radiation incident on exterior walls in 17 U S.
Berdahl, P, Chen, S, Goudey, H, Harima, T, Levinson, R, Slack, J   +5 more
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Three years of experience with the STELLA robotic observatory [PDF]

, 2010
Since May 2006, the two STELLA robotic telescopes at the Izana observatory in Tenerife, Spain, delivered an almost uninterrupted stream of scientific data.
Granzer, Thomas, Strassmeier, Klaus G., Weber, Michael   +2 more
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‘I Don't Babysit’: Stay‐at‐Home Dads' Perspectives and Experiences Within Australian Society

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Stay‐at‐home‐dads are an emerging group in Australia, impacted by societal assumptions and expectations. However, there is a scarcity of research on the perspectives and experiences of fathers assuming stay‐at‐home dad roles within Australian society.
Elyse Manie, Patricia Taylor, Hayley McKenzie, Norma Barrett   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +1 more source

Development of an Assessment Method to Evaluate the Quality of Remedial Treatments on Concrete Flat Roofs of Multiple Buildings

Buildings, 2019
Existing assessment tools have not been successfully used to evaluate the performance of the remedial treatment of concrete flat roofs by building users or building management personnel because they are complicated and difficult to be applied by non ...
Chin-Ong Woon, Sudharshan N. Raman, Md. Safiuddin, Maslina Jamil, Muhammad Fauzi Mohd. Zain   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions on Different Typologies of Residential Buildings in Europe [PDF]

, 2019
The building sector accounts for one third of the global energy consumption and it is expected to grow in the next decades. This evidence leads researchers, engineers and architects to develop innovative technologies based on renewable energies and to ...
Botargues, Teresa, Cabeza, Luisa F., Coma Arpón, Julià, Gimbernat, Toni, Gracia Cuesta, Alvaro de, Maldonado, José Miguel   +5 more
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Mapping Intimate Partner Financial Abuse Across Public and Private Systems

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article maps the ways that intimate partner financial abuse presents, and the range of public and private entities involved in its perpetration. It reports on an analysis of submissions by individuals to the Australian parliamentary inquiry into the Financial Services Regulatory Framework in Relation to Financial Abuse.
Adrienne Byrt, Kay Cook, Rachael Burgin, Georgina Dimopoulos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Closing the California Clean Energy Divide: Reducing Electric Bills in Affordable Multifamily Rental Housing with Solar+storage [PDF]

, 2016
This economic analysis indicates that pairing solar PV with battery storage systems can deliver significant electricity bill savings for California affordable housing residents and property owners.Battery storage is emerging as an effective new strategy ...
Ben Airth, Lewis Milford, Matt Schwartz, Sachu Constantine, Seth Mullendore, Wayne Waite   +5 more
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