SafeasHouses?Ven-la-onandHealthinHouses

DrBenjaminJonesAssistantProfessorUniversityofNo?ngham

www.aivc.org

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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