“Fan-First” Cooling – a low-carbon way to improve heat resilience in a changing climate

Author: Ollie Jay, Joy Shumake-Guillemot, Peter Graham, Mili Majumdar, Angie Bone, Tony Capon

Organization: Monash University, University of Sydney, GHHIN, GBPN

Year: 2023

“Fan-First” Cooling – a low-carbon way to improve heat resilience in a changing climate

Mitigating climate change is vital, but inevitable rising temperatures means that identifying sustainable cooling strategies is also important. Strategies at the individual scale that focus on cooling the person instead of the surrounding air can be effectively adopted, even in low-resource settings.

This report presents the evidence behind “Fan-First” cooling as a low-carbon approach to improving heat resilience.