Collaborative Research: Workshop on "Health in Buildings for Today and Tomorrow"

1745941 (Phelan)/1746081 （Hu）。本次研讨会将解决科学和工程研究问题，这些问题是由建筑的设计和运营引起的，既要提高能源效率，又要保证居住者的健康。来自建筑和公共卫生研发社区的各种研究人员将聚集在一起，确定整合健康和能源效率的最佳方法，以促进以人为本的新设计范式和建筑技术的发展。其他参与的联邦机构包括美国疾病控制和预防中心（CDC）、美国国立卫生研究院（NIH）和美国能源部（DOE）。行业合作伙伴包括美国绿色建筑委员会（USGBC）和美国建筑师协会（AIA）。该研讨会将利用美国能源部一项为期两年的项目，该项目为100年后的建筑创造了愿景，以及由美国国立卫生研究院和美国疾病控制与预防中心组织的正在进行的“建筑健康圆桌会议”。该研讨会将于2018年7月在马里兰州贝塞斯达的Natcher会议中心由NIH主办。美国人大约有87%的时间是在建筑物内度过的，因此有理由认为建筑环境对居住者的健康有相应的巨大影响。与此同时，建筑物的建造和运营对环境有很大的影响：在全球范围内，建筑物约占一次能源消耗的三分之一，温室气体排放量的三分之一。在美国，2016年的建筑能源成本约为每年4080亿美元，而2015年的年度医疗成本约为3.2万亿美元。此外，改善室内环境所带来的潜在工人生产力收益估计高达2300亿美元（按2016年美元计算）。显然，在改善健康结果的同时提高建筑的可持续性将产生重大的经济影响。此外，通过将来自可持续建筑和公共卫生等典型独立领域的研究人员聚集在一起，组织者的目标是通过拓宽他们的视角来考虑这些不同但相互关联的领域，从而影响未来研究人员的教育。

1745941 (Phelan)/1746081 (Hu). This workshop will address the science and engineering research questions motivated by designing and operating buildings for both energy efficiency as well as for the health of the occupants. A diversity of researchers from both the buildings and the public health R&D communities will be brought together to determine optimal approaches for integrating health and energy efficiency to promote the development of new human-centered design paradigms and building technologies. Other participating federal agencies include the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the US Department of Energy (DOE). The industry partners include the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The workshop will leverage a two-year DOE project that created a vision for buildings in 100 years, and the ongoing "Health in Buildings Roundtable" organized by NIH and CDC. The workshop will be hosted by NIH at the Natcher Conference Center in Bethesda, MD, in July, 2018.The U.S. population spends perhaps 87% of their time inside buildings, and consequently it is reasonable to assume that building environments have a correspondingly large impact on occupant health. At the same time, the construction and operation of buildings has a large environmental impact: globally, buildings are responsible for approximately one third of primary energy consumption, and one third of greenhouse gas emissions. In the USA, building energy costs in 2016 were ~$408B annually, while annual healthcare costs were ~$3.2T in 2015. Additionally, potential worker productivity gains from improved indoor environments have been estimated at up to ~$230B (in 2016 dollars). Clearly, improving building sustainability while at the same time improving health outcomes would have significant economic impacts. Furthermore, by bringing together researchers from the typically separate fields of sustainable buildings and public health, the organizers are targeting to influence the education of future researchers by broadening their perspectives to consider these diverse but interrelated fields.