1.4 Comfort and Health
It’s not just heating and ventilation … retrofit can and should do so much more. Energy and carbon savings can often dominate discussions on retrofit. However, we can also design for and build in thermal comfort and health benefits. In lesson 1.3, we mentioned comfort and health alongside other potential benefits of successful retrofit. Now we look at comfort […]
Suggested reading
- WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality: Dampness and Mould http://www.aecb.net/knowledgebase/guidelines-indoor-air-quality-dampness-mould/
- Dampness in Buildings and Health – Nordic Interdisciplinary Review of the Scientific Evidence on Associations between Exposure to ‘‘Dampness’’ in Buildings and Health Effects (NORDDAMP): http://www.aecb.net/knowledgebase/dampness-buildings-health-nordic-interdisciplinary-review-scientific-evidence-associations-exposure-dampness-buildings-health-ef/
- https://www.nhbcfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NF18-Indoor-air-quality-in-highly-energy-efficient-homes.pdf
- http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/09/air-pollution-raises-risk-of-death-for-decades-after-exposure
- http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/29/supreme-court-orders-uk-to-draw-up-air-pollution-cleanup-plan
- Public Health England, Minimum Home Temperature Thresholds for Health in Winter – A Systematic Literature Review (http://www.aecb.net/knowledgebase/minimum-home-temperature-thresholds-health-winter-systematic-literature-review/)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222402882_Adaptive_Thermal_Comfort_and_Sustainable_Thermal_Standards_for_Buildings
- http://www.lowenergybuildings.org.uk/leb/charts/perceived-comfort-levels/
- https://goodhomes.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/VIAQ-final-120220.pdf
- https://www.nhbcfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NF18-Indoor-air-quality-in-highly-energy-efficient-homes.pdf
- https://www.nhbc.co.uk/foundation/part-f-2010-an-introduction-for-house-builders-and-designers
- advanced level/checklists: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pdfs/epa_retrofit_protocols.pdf http://iaq.supportportal.com/link/portal/23002/23007/ArticleFolder/974/Indoor-Air-Pollutants (portal disabled).
- The MHCLG Research into Overheating in new homes 2019: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-into-overheating-in-new-homes
- Researchgate Retrofit Modelling of the Salford Energy House 2019: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332030641_Retrofit_modelling_of_existing_dwellings_in_the_UK_the_Salford_Energy_House_case_study
- The impact of Thermal Comfort on the Prediction of Building energy Consumption, 2018: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/10/3609/htm
- UK Housing Fit for the Future, Committee on Climate Change Feb 2019, – see sections on Measures to address poor thermal efficiency :https://www.theccc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/UK-housing-Fit-for-the-future-CCC-2019.pdf