Sleep is essential for maintaining physical, cognitive and emotional well-being, with important implications for fatigue management, worker safety and productivity. With climate change, nighttime temperatures are projected to rise faster than daytime temperatures, posing a growing challenge to achieving restorative sleep. This is of particular concern for workers in the construction industry who reside in multi-occupancy dormitories with limited or no access to air-conditioning. Affordable, low-energy interventions can help reduce indoor temperatures, improve ventilation and enhance workers’ sleep quality and quantity. Hear from the Heat Resilience & Performance Centre as they share insights into the importance of worker recovery and practical strategies to improve the indoor thermal environment to support better sleep.

·       Characterise the indoor thermal environment in multi-occupancy, non-air-conditioned worker dormitories.

·       Understand how the indoor thermal environment affects sleep and recovery.

·       Learn practical strategies for implementing cooling interventions on-site.

IOSH Competency Mapping: Technical (Occupational Health, Risk Management, Compliance) | Core (Operational Planning