摘要：This work is based on the “Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)”, a methodology developed in England and used to identify homes where energy inefficiency puts inhabitants’ health at risk. It is possible to cross housing and health data in England and accordingly to estimate the probability of harmful health effects according to the risk of exposure to cold indoor temperatures and then calculate the corresponding medical costs. Applying this approach to the assessment of housing energy performance with data from the French national Phébus study shows that 3.5 million primary residences, or 13% of the French housing stock, are energy-inefficient from a thermal perspective. After adaptation to the French context, the healthcare costs associated with this residential energy inefficiency were estimated and compared with renovation costs. The results suggest that investment in an appropriate energy renovation program could generate economies for the healthcare system and that these savings would be highest for homes of households with the lowest incomes. Indeed, for low-income households, the medical costs avoided and the renovation costs incurred would be of the same order of magnitude.
关键词：housing; cold temperatures; healthcare-related costs; costs and benefits
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