In Sweden, a phenomenon that is becoming more problematic is heatwaves. The summer of 2018 was one of the warmest summers recorded and the need for adaptive measures against the negative effects has never been more urgent. One municipality that are looking for how to handle this is Helsingborg’s municipality. The study focus on how nursing homes in Helsingborg experienced and handled the effects of the heat waves in the summer of 2018. The purpose is to evaluate what can be done to adapt and protect elderly and nursing homes from harm caused by heatwaves. The data were collected by doing interviews on six nursing homes in Helsingborg. At each nursing home the manager of the nursing home and one assistant nurse where interviewed. The questio...
Global warming is a fact and everything indicates that the warming will continue in the next decades...
Mechanical ventilation systems with heat recovery are a common sight in modern buildings. If plate h...
Göteborg är en stad med närhet till vatten. I och med ett klimat i förändring leder denna närhet til...
As global temperatures rise, adverse health effects due to heat exposure are an increasingly pressin...
Även om utsläpp av växthusgaser skulle upphöra helt i nutid kommer tidigare mänskliga aktiviteter på...
Climate change will most likely increase the frequency of weather extremes in the future. Events suc...
This literature review describes how heat stress can develop indoors, how it can be identified, and ...
Research has identified the importance of understanding the connection between heat wave risk percep...
In this master’s thesis, the relationship between climate change and residential building summertim...
Värmeböljor i Östergötland förväntas bli mer frekvent förekommande och med en större intensitet. Kli...
Every day, climate change with increasing greenhouse gases becomes a bigger and bigger problem due t...
Due to the global warming, summertime heatwaves have become more common in Finland. Because the Finn...
Climate change with more frequent and longer heat waves in the future will be a challenge for the ci...
Climate change will affect many human activities and sectors. Among those, the built environment wil...
Småhus byggs allt tätare och mer välisolerade för att klara de nationella målen på energieffektivise...
Global warming is a fact and everything indicates that the warming will continue in the next decades...
Mechanical ventilation systems with heat recovery are a common sight in modern buildings. If plate h...
Göteborg är en stad med närhet till vatten. I och med ett klimat i förändring leder denna närhet til...
As global temperatures rise, adverse health effects due to heat exposure are an increasingly pressin...
Även om utsläpp av växthusgaser skulle upphöra helt i nutid kommer tidigare mänskliga aktiviteter på...
Climate change will most likely increase the frequency of weather extremes in the future. Events suc...
This literature review describes how heat stress can develop indoors, how it can be identified, and ...
Research has identified the importance of understanding the connection between heat wave risk percep...
In this master’s thesis, the relationship between climate change and residential building summertim...
Värmeböljor i Östergötland förväntas bli mer frekvent förekommande och med en större intensitet. Kli...
Every day, climate change with increasing greenhouse gases becomes a bigger and bigger problem due t...
Due to the global warming, summertime heatwaves have become more common in Finland. Because the Finn...
Climate change with more frequent and longer heat waves in the future will be a challenge for the ci...
Climate change will affect many human activities and sectors. Among those, the built environment wil...
Småhus byggs allt tätare och mer välisolerade för att klara de nationella målen på energieffektivise...
Global warming is a fact and everything indicates that the warming will continue in the next decades...
Mechanical ventilation systems with heat recovery are a common sight in modern buildings. If plate h...
Göteborg är en stad med närhet till vatten. I och med ett klimat i förändring leder denna närhet til...