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Article

GREEN: Cool & Care—Research and Development of Greening Measures in Nursing Homes in Austria. Technical and Social Interconnections

by
Katharina Halbmayer
1,
Jutta Hollands
1,*,
Sara Alasu
1,
Azra Korjenic
1,
Barbara Pichler
2,
Elisabeth Reitinger
2,
Eva Zojer
3,
Bente Knoll
4,
Agnes Renkin
4 and
Ralf Dopheide
5
1
Research Unit of Ecological Building Technologies, Institute of Material Technology, Building Physics and Building Ecology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, A-1040 Vienna, Austria
2
Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna, A-1080 Vienna, Austria
3
Department of Research and Innovation, Health Agency of Lower Austria, 3100 St. Pölten, Austria
4
B-NK GmbH Büro für Nachhaltige Kompetenz, Schoenbrunner Strasse 59-61/10, A-1050 Vienna, Austria
5
Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Dopheide e.U. Schoenbrunner Strasse 59-61/10, A-1050 Vienna, Austria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2021, 13(20), 11469; https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011469
Submission received: 22 September 2021 / Revised: 8 October 2021 / Accepted: 13 October 2021 / Published: 17 October 2021
(This article belongs to the Collection Urban Green Infrastructure for Climate-Proof and Healthy Cities)
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Abstract

According to demographic data, the percentage of elderly people within the population is growing, representing a vulnerable group to the effects of increasing heat, but little attention has been paid to developed adaptation measures. In addition, many older people leave their familiar homes and live in nursing homes. The person-centred care pursues creating spaces of high living quality for these people in nursing homes, to which plants and greenery can contribute. Greening is also considered an effective climate change adaptation measure. To create healthy conditions for this vulnerable group of elderly, both technical and social factors must be considered, and accordingly, a successful solution can only be achieved in an interdisciplinary way. The research and development of the project “Green: Cool & Care” dealt with this outset from a building physics, social, and nursing science perspective, and concepts to integrate greening measures in nursing homes were developed jointly by researchers, planners, staff, volunteers, and residents. For this purpose, measurement campaigns of air quality parameters, individual interviews and focus groups, as well as co-creative workshops were conducted aiming to include the objective building conditions as well as the subjective needs in developing and, in a further step, implementing greening measures.
Keywords: indoor environment quality; elderly care; nursing home; healthy cities; urban green infrastructure; plant-based solutions; interactions between urban green and human wellbeing; interdisciplinary approach; co-creation; climate change adaption; hygrothermal comfort; vulnerable population groups indoor environment quality; elderly care; nursing home; healthy cities; urban green infrastructure; plant-based solutions; interactions between urban green and human wellbeing; interdisciplinary approach; co-creation; climate change adaption; hygrothermal comfort; vulnerable population groups

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Halbmayer, K.; Hollands, J.; Alasu, S.; Korjenic, A.; Pichler, B.; Reitinger, E.; Zojer, E.; Knoll, B.; Renkin, A.; Dopheide, R. GREEN: Cool & Care—Research and Development of Greening Measures in Nursing Homes in Austria. Technical and Social Interconnections. Sustainability 2021, 13, 11469. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011469

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Halbmayer K, Hollands J, Alasu S, Korjenic A, Pichler B, Reitinger E, Zojer E, Knoll B, Renkin A, Dopheide R. GREEN: Cool & Care—Research and Development of Greening Measures in Nursing Homes in Austria. Technical and Social Interconnections. Sustainability. 2021; 13(20):11469. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011469

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Halbmayer, Katharina, Jutta Hollands, Sara Alasu, Azra Korjenic, Barbara Pichler, Elisabeth Reitinger, Eva Zojer, Bente Knoll, Agnes Renkin, and Ralf Dopheide. 2021. "GREEN: Cool & Care—Research and Development of Greening Measures in Nursing Homes in Austria. Technical and Social Interconnections" Sustainability 13, no. 20: 11469. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011469

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Halbmayer, K., Hollands, J., Alasu, S., Korjenic, A., Pichler, B., Reitinger, E., Zojer, E., Knoll, B., Renkin, A., & Dopheide, R. (2021). GREEN: Cool & Care—Research and Development of Greening Measures in Nursing Homes in Austria. Technical and Social Interconnections. Sustainability, 13(20), 11469. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011469

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