SafeasHouses?Ven-la-onandHealthinHouses
DrBenjaminJonesAssistantProfessorUniversityofNo?ngham
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SomeSta-s-cs
HousingStocks
England(22m) WestMidlands (2.4mor11%oftheEnglishstock)
Infiltra-onHea-ngSeasonEnergyDemand
DOMVENTmodeles-mates:• 3-5%ofUKNa-onalEnergyDemand
• 11-15%ofUKhousingstockenergy
• 10-14%ofUKhousingstockcarbonemissions
Total infiltration heat loss
JonesB,DasP,ChalabiZ,DaviesM,HamiltonI,LoweR,etal.AssessingUncertaintyIn Housing Stock Infiltra-on Rates And Associated Heat Loss: English And UK CaseStudies.BuildingandEnvironment.2015;92:645-56.
OutdoorPollu-onSources
BorsboomW,DeGidsW,LogueJ,ShermanM,WargockiP.TechnicalNoteAIVC68:Residen-al Ven-la-on and Health. Air Infiltra-on and Ven-la-on Centre, BrusselsBelgium.2016.
IndoorPollu-onSources
BorsboomW,DeGidsW,LogueJ,ShermanM,WargockiP.TechnicalNoteAIVC68:Residen-al Ven-la-on and Health. Air Infiltra-on and Ven-la-on Centre, BrusselsBelgium.2016.
1,4–Dichlorobenzene2-EthylhexanolAcetaldehyde
AcetoneAcrolein
Alpha-PineneBenzene
CarbonMonoxideCarbonDioxide
EthanolEthylbenzeneFormaldehydeLimoneneNapthalene
NOXOzonePhenol
Par-culateMaier(PM2.5/PM10)Polycyclicaroma-chydrocarbons(PAHs)
SulphurDioxideStyrene
TetrachloroetheneToluene
UltrafinePar-cles(PM0.1)
THESEAREONLYTHEMAJORPOLLUTANTS!
AMetricofHealthConsequence
DALYdisease=YLLdisease+YLDdisease
DALY: disabilityadjustedlifeyearslostYLL: equivalentyearsoflifelosttoprematuredeath
(mortality)YLD: equivalentyearsoflifewherereducedhealthor
disabilityisexperienced(morbidity)
BorsboomW,DeGidsW,LogueJ,ShermanM,WargockiP.TechnicalNoteAIVC68:Residen-al Ven-la-on and Health. Air Infiltra-on and Ven-la-on Centre, BrusselsBelgium.2016.
BorsboomW,DeGidsW,LogueJ,ShermanM,WargockiP.TechnicalNoteAIVC68:Residen-al Ven-la-on and Health. Air Infiltra-on and Ven-la-on Centre, BrusselsBelgium.2016.
BorsboomW,DeGidsW,LogueJ,ShermanM,WargockiP.TechnicalNoteAIVC68:Residen-al Ven-la-on and Health. Air Infiltra-on and Ven-la-on Centre, BrusselsBelgium.2016.
Toast
Simpson A. 2015. Inves-ga-ng Indoor Air Quality in High Occupancy Dwellings.Disserta-on.UniversityofNo?ngham.
Mean:105µg/m3Median:26µg/m3
Simpson A. 2015. Inves-ga-ng Indoor Air Quality in High Occupancy Dwellings.Disserta-on.UniversityofNo?ngham.
Mean:156µg/m3Median:22µg/m3
ElectronicCigareies
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Infiltra-onHea-ngInfiltra-onRate
• 0.5h-1isahealththresholdrule-of-thumb
• Wees-mateupto79%ofdwellingshaveandair-changerateof<0.5h-1
• Theseallrequireextraven-la-on
Average heating season infiltration rate
JonesB,DasP,ChalabiZ,DaviesM,HamiltonI,LoweR,etal.AssessingUncertaintyIn Housing Stock Infiltra-on Rates And Associated Heat Loss: English And UK CaseStudies.BuildingandEnvironment.2015;92:645-56.
WhatdotheBuildingRegula-onsSay?
KnowledgeGaps
• *Chemicalpollutantconcentra-onsinEnglishhouses• Biologicalepidemiology• *Ven-la-onratesinEnglishdwellings,especiallykitchens• *Theappropriatenessofven-la-onratesinPartFofthe
buildingregula-ons• *Standardsforcookerhoods• Thecostsofdoingnothing• ThesavingstheNHScouldmakebyintervening
*wearecurrentlyworkingonthese
Withthanksto:ConstanzaMolina UniversityofNo?nghamCatherineO’Leary UniversityofNo?nghamDrWouterBorsboom TNO,TheNetherlandsProfessorMaxSherman LawrenceBerkeleyNa-onalLaboratory
andUniversityofNo?ngham
DrBenjaminJonesbenjamin.jones@no?ngham.ac.uk
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