An opportunity to assist your customers with reliable, objective information… Smarter Homes, a new on-line resource which provides advice on how to make homes warmer, drier, healthier, more comfortable, more affordable and kinder to the environment, is in its final stages of development by the team contracted by the Ministry for the Environment in New Zeal
A national research organisation, specialising in housing and urban research and policy.
Accessibility to the built environment affects a large number of people within society. It is accepted throughout the European Union that at any one time 15-20% of the population will have a significant level of disability of a temporary or permanent nature.
Engineers, planners, and designers have used Leonardo de Vinci’s ‘average man’ as a guideline for their work. It has become the basic model on which the majority of designs are based. Yet there is no such thing as the ‘average man’.
The NSW Home Modification and Maintenance Services (HMMS) State Council is the peak organisation for the HMMS industry in New South Wales.
The Smoke Alarm Battery Replacement for the Elderly Scheme helps to ensure that members of the community who are elderly, or who have a disability are able to have their smoke alarm batteries changed to ensure their continued safety and ability to comply with the legal requirements of NSW legislation, which requires smoke alarms be installed in all areas where people sleep.
This summary bulletin has been put together as a result of legislation across many Australian states requiring that smoke alarms be installed in homes and places where people sleep. The summary bulletin has information on both Hard Wired and Battery-Powered Smoke Alarms and the main methods of smoke detection used.
Complete with diagrams suggesting possible alarm placement, the bulletin may assist consumers and home modification and maintenance providers to appropriately select and place the most suitable smoke detection system in their homes.
Review of publications relevant to the appropriate orientation of grabrails for the sit-to-stand transfer. This document identifies and summarises critical issues with regards to positioning and the effects of orientation on the body.
This manual it provides comprehensive information about accessibility requirements that must be incorporated into the design and construction of houses covered by the fair housing act, of particular relevance are the chapters on grab rails, adaptable kitchens and access.
This US site elaborates on the Americans with Disabilities Act, describing the scoping and technical requirements for accessibility to buildings and facilities. Of particular importance are the sections on grab-rails, stairs, ramps and bathing facilities.
Enablenet is a onestop site for information on disability, through the subheading of 'disability information'>'access, building and outdoor design' the site contains information on access specialists, home modification, parking and outdoor design.
