In all refurbishment, repair or maintenance programmes, you are aiming to improve your residents? health, well-being and quality of life. You could do this by tackling the wider environmental performance of homes, beyond the requirements of Decent Homes and Building Regulations. For ideas on a project which is improving streets by urban greening click here.
You can enhance health and well-being by improving warmth and comfort; improving indoor air quality; reducing irritants, toxins and noise pollution; introducing design features that reduce accidents; and ensuring that homes can adapt to the household?s changing needs. Some of these changes can also reduce running costs and support affordable warmth. However, the overall savings can depend on residents? behaviour.
Bibliography: Indoor Air Pollutants
Institute for Environment and Health: www.le.ac.uk/ieh/
London Hazards Centre: www.lhc.org.uk/
Carswell F and Thompson SJ (1987) Percutaneous sensitisation to house dust mite may occur naturally in eczema. Int. Arch. Allergy Appl. Immunology 82: 453-455.
Collins K (2000) Cold, cold housing and respiratory illness. In: Rudge J & Nicol F Cutting the cost of cold. E & FN Spon, London.
Donaldson RJ & Donaldson LJ (1993). Essential Public Medicine. Kluwer Academic: London.
IEH (2001) Indoor Air Quality in the Home: Final Report on DETR Contract EPG 1/5/12 (Web Report W7). Institute for Environment and Health, Leicester (at http://www.le.ac.uk/ieh/publications/publications.html posted November 2001).
Owen MK & Ensor DS. (1992). Airborne particle sizes and sources found in indoor air. Atmospheric Environment 26A(12): 2149-2162.
Platt SD et al (1989) Damp housing, mould growth and symptomatic health state. BMJ 298: 1673-78
Strindehag O & Ekberg LE (1992). Particulate PAH concentrations in office buildings. Proceedings of the ASHRAE IAQ ?92 Conference, San Francisco, USA, pp 229-231
Bibliography: Indoor Air Pollutants
Institute for Environment and Health: www.le.ac.uk/ieh/
London Hazards Centre: www.lhc.org.uk/
Carswell F and Thompson SJ (1987) Percutaneous sensitisation to house dust mite may occur naturally in eczema. Int. Arch. Allergy Appl. Immunology 82: 453-455.
Collins K (2000) Cold, cold housing and respiratory illness. In: Rudge J & Nicol F Cutting the cost of cold. E & FN Spon, London.
Donaldson RJ & Donaldson LJ (1993). Essential Public Medicine. Kluwer Academic: London.
IEH (2001) Indoor Air Quality in the Home: Final Report on DETR Contract EPG 1/5/12 (Web Report W7). Institute for Environment and Health, Leicester (at http://www.le.ac.uk/ieh/publications/publications.html posted November 2001).
Owen MK & Ensor DS. (1992). Airborne particle sizes and sources found in indoor air. Atmospheric Environment 26A(12): 2149-2162.
Platt SD et al (1989) Damp housing, mould growth and symptomatic health state. BMJ 298: 1673-78
Strindehag O & Ekberg LE (1992). Particulate PAH concentrations in office buildings. Proceedings of the ASHRAE IAQ ?92 Conference, San Francisco, USA, pp 229-231
