SHINE - Sustainable Homes Integrating Non-Intrusive Environmental Sensors

Recent financial and health crises have brought to the spotlight the need for creating sustainable and inclusive ways for all people to live. These crises exposed the vulnerabilities of social housing systems, pointing to the need to build resilience through better policy tools and sustainable technologies for social housing.

Our team intends to contribute to a sustainable housing future for Ireland. We’ll strive to increase resilience in the building environment to enhance social housing residents’ well-being, and to reduce energy costs. This comes in a context where we need to build resilience through better policy tools and sustainable technologies for housing and the environment. The outcomes of this project will not only enhance Ireland’s capacity to respond to serious housing and environmental challenges but it will also contribute to policy interventions linked with resilience and adaptation to climate change.

This solution focuses on sustainable housing, a complex problem that requires an innovative, interdisciplinary approach to the development of solutions for the housing sector to be prepared for current and future challenges. Our approach involves deploying affordable and unobtrusive environmental sensors within selected social housing units. This aims to analyze crucial factors affecting residents’ well-being and improve their ability to withstand climate challenges.