From January to September 2019, UTS researchers completed a project looking at how outdoor workers in the City of Sydney area were experiencing high heat and heat stress. The project was funded through a City of Sydney Council Innovation Grant.
The project focused on two groups of workers: outdoor council workers who maintain parks, ovals and other open spaces as employees of the City of Sydney, and bicycle delivery workers, who courier food, documents, and other items in the Sydney area.
The final report from this project, prepared for the City of Sydney, is now available to read. In the report, we note that addressing heat stress points to increasing worker autonomy and control, including stronger social organisation among exposed workers.
You can also take a look at our interactive online platform, built by Nimish Biloria and Pejman Pakdel as part of this project, to demonstrate how data on workers’ experience of heat at work can be visualised and communicated.