Dr Deborah Morgan and Dr Carol Maddock, researchers in the Centre for Innovative Ageing at Swansea University are exploring whether living in a new low carbon home brings health, social and financial well-being benefits.
The Centre for Innovative Ageing is examining the impact of low and zero buildings on older people and the impact of retrofitting carbon reduction measures into the home. We aim to understand older people’s motives and the decision-making processes around moving to low carbon homes, or installing decarbonisation technologies. We aim to understand how the building environments can influence and modify people’s energy behaviours and their day to day practices. We are also exploring how socially acceptable active and low carbon buildings and technologies are to older people.
The Active Building Centre Research Programme has established a Healthy Aging expert advisory group and carried out studies on health, fuel poverty, social and wellbeing benefits to complement academic research activities.
Charles is Associate Professor in Gerontology at the Centre for Innovative Ageing (CIA) at Swansea University. He has a particular interest in improving public policy and practice around the built environment and transportation taking into account an ageing population, requiring sustainable and environmental contexts, including road user safety in later life, giving-up driving and creating age friendly neighbourhoods and communities.
Deborah is a senior researcher in the Centre for Innovative Ageing at Swansea University and has a background in social gerontology, sociology and health and social care. Deborah’s PhD focused on transitions in loneliness and social isolation in later life. Her research interests include older adults, loneliness and social isolation health/social inequalities, disability and chronic illness, and new ageing populations. Deborah has previously worked on projects related to housing adaptations and Motability.
Carol is a research officer based in the Centre for Innovative Ageing (CIA) and is currently working on the Active Building Centre Research Programme to examine the impact of Active Builds on older people.
