Healthy Energy Efficient Dwellings (HEED)

由于人们90%的时间都是在室内度过的，暴露在糟糕的室内空气质量(IAQ)中可能会对他们的健康造成负面影响。此外，COVID19大流行揭示了社会中某些群体的严重社会脆弱性，特别是那些与糟糕的健康状况作斗争的群体。此外，由于气候变化，预计到2070年，英国的外部气温将上升5摄氏度以上，热浪的频率和强度也将增加。外部温度的上升大大增加了过热、冷负荷、建筑物的能源消耗和相关的碳排放的风险，这个问题尤其影响到弱势群体的健康和福祉，包括儿童和建筑物的老年居住者。因此，迫切需要制定有效的干预措施，改善弱势人口居住的家庭的健康和生活条件，从而解决这一多方面的知识差距。该项目旨在填补在评估和改善住宅室内空气质量(IAQ)和热舒适性方面的知识空白。其目的是最终开发技术-行为干预措施，改善人们的健康、室内环境条件，并减少能源消耗和相关的碳排放。我们预计该项目将对住房设计政策产生积极影响，并提高公众对行为改变的必要性的认识，以实现净零碳目标，同时改善居住者的健康和福祉。

As people spend up to 90% of their time indoor; exposure to poor Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) may negatively affect their health. Moreover, the COVID19 pandemic has revealed the profound social vulnerability of certain groups in society, particularly those struggling with poor health conditions. Additionally, the external air temperatures in the UK are expected to rise by over 5°C by 2070, as a result of climate change, with the frequency and intensity of heat waves also expected to increase. Rising external temperatures increase significantly the risk of overheating, cooling load, energy consumption in buildings and associated carbon emissions, with the problem being particularly affecting health and wellbeing of vulnerable populations including children and older occupants of buildings. There is therefore an urgent need to address this multi-faceted knowledge gap by developing effective interventions that improve health and living conditions in homes occupied by vulnerable populations. The project aims to fill a knowledge gap in evaluating and improving indoor air quality (IAQ) and thermal comfort in council homes. The purpose is to ultimately develop technical-behavioural interventions that improves people's health, indoor environmental conditions, and reduces energy consumption and associated carbon emissions. We anticipate the project will have a positive impact on housing design policies, as well as increase public awareness on the necessity for behaviour change to achieve net zero carbon targets, whilst improving occupants' health and wellbeing.