Health performance of housing. Indicators and tools

Health performance of housing. Indicators and tools

Hasselaar, E.

OTB Research Institute

2009-10-15

Occupants and housing managers deal with several environmental problems in dwellings. To support the diagnosis of cause and effect and to promote good communication about health hazards, indicators of the relationship between physical properties, occupancy patterns and health risks are needed. The research project focussed on the selection of indicators that mark the relationships between physical parameters, user behaviour and health risk. Houses were inspected and occupants interviewed to study environmental conditions. Through modelling the relevance of parameters was evaluated. Performance evaluation in practice suggested the importance of communication and action oriented strategies. A tool was designed, used and evaluated after one year. The results ask for accessible information to support the assessment of performance and a simple action list to remediate major problems.

Healthy Housing 2008
performance evaluation
indicators
occupant behaviour

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Warwick Law School

5th Warwick Healthy Housing Conference, 1-8. (2008)

Institutional Repository

conference paper

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