Heat-CARES / Heat Care at SEACO

Project objectives

Objectives

1. Co-develop heat-literacy activities and building-level adaptation with communities.
2. Evaluate cooling measures, including UV-reflective cool roofs, using environmental and physiological observations.
3. Understand health, thermal comfort, feasibility and community perspectives to inform locally appropriate adaptation.

Research approach

Research approach

Heat Care at SEACO evaluates community-informed responses to heat in semi-rural Malaysia. The project combines heat-literacy activities with building-level cooling measures, including UV-reflective cool roofs. Environmental sensors, wearables and weather stations are combined with interviews, focus groups and community co-design to study health, thermal comfort and feasibility. These are research objectives; completed intervention-effect estimates are not reported on the reviewed project pages. SEACO lists the local title as Heat Adaptation Through Community-based Approaches and Research at SEACO.

Funder: Wellcome (award 2023; funding listed as 2023–2027) · SEACO lists implementation as 2024–2028 · PI: Prof Tin Tin Su; Co-PI: Mohd Arshil Moideen

Partners & connections

Partner institutions

Partner roles refer to the research and institutional connections documented in the linked sources.

Current status · 12 November 2026

Wellcome-funded adaptation research

Wellcome awarded the project in 2023. SEACO lists local implementation as 2024–2028 and funding separately as 2023–2027. A January 2026 SEACO report documents presentation of planned measures to district stakeholders. The reviewed sources describe ongoing adaptation research; completed intervention-effect estimates are not reported.

Publications & evidence

Related publications

No project-specific journal paper is identified in the reviewed library. The official project profile, Wellcome grant and HeatNexus description below document the research aims. Nouna cool-roof publications concern a separate adaptation study.

Research settings

Research settings