Climate Safe Homes project outcomes and lessons
The Climate Safe Homes pilot supported healthy indoor temperatures for households on low incomes through energy upgrades.
Climate Safe Homes was an energy‑upgrade pilot delivered between 2020 and 2025 by the Brotherhood of St. Laurence’s Climate Change and Energy team. It aimed to improve indoor temperatures for health, for households with low-income, where residents had temperature‑sensitive health conditions. CSH delivered 148 upgrades in 126 homes, including 74 reverse-cycle air-conditioners, 67 solar upgrades and 7 insulation upgrades.
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Challenges, approach and outcomes
CSH addressed problems of poor health, poor housing conditions, and energy‑related financial hardship experienced by households with low-income in Greater Melbourne.
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Households installed efficient electric heating and cooling, or rooftop solar to offset running costs. Improved affordability increased people’s capacity to maintain healthy indoor temperatures.
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Climate Safe Homes delivered upgrades worth a total of $928,657.
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Eighty per cent of participants reported maintained or improved health after receiving their energy upgrades, with notable gains in mobility, sleep and ability to perform daily activities.
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The Climate Safe Homes pilot developed a model to improve indoor temperatures for people living with a temperature-impacted chronic health condition or disability and low income.
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BSL prioritised support for eligible households based on the current energy efficiency of the home, resident health and financial capacity.
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Lessons from Climate Safe Homes can provide guidance for future, large-scale, models for energy upgrades.
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