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What should the ventilation objectives be for retrofit energy efficiency interventions of dwellings?
Major energy efficiency refurbishment of the UK housing stock is needed to help attain emission reduction targets of greenhouse gases. Such measures typically entail some planned or incidental reduction of uncontrolled ventilation in dwellings. This paper examines the trade-offs for health and sustainability objectives of typical retrofit refurbishments in UK homes. While reducing ventilation can help protect against the ingress of harmful pollutants from the outdoor air, our results demonstrate that reducing permeability to low levels, without additional purpose-provided ventilation, is likely to lead to substantial increases in pollutants derived from indoor sources, including indoor-generated particles, radon, and environmental tobacco smoke. The monetized equivalent cost of the health dis-benefits associated with these exposures may exceed the potential benefits of reducing energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
What should the ventilation objectives be for retrofit energy efficiency interventions of dwellings?
Major energy efficiency refurbishment of the UK housing stock is needed to help attain emission reduction targets of greenhouse gases. Such measures typically entail some planned or incidental reduction of uncontrolled ventilation in dwellings. This paper examines the trade-offs for health and sustainability objectives of typical retrofit refurbishments in UK homes. While reducing ventilation can help protect against the ingress of harmful pollutants from the outdoor air, our results demonstrate that reducing permeability to low levels, without additional purpose-provided ventilation, is likely to lead to substantial increases in pollutants derived from indoor sources, including indoor-generated particles, radon, and environmental tobacco smoke. The monetized equivalent cost of the health dis-benefits associated with these exposures may exceed the potential benefits of reducing energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
What should the ventilation objectives be for retrofit energy efficiency interventions of dwellings?
Shrubsole, C (author) / Milner, J (author) / hamilton, IG (author) / das, P (author) / davies, M (author) / Wilkinson, P (author) / chalabi, Z (author)
2015-03-01
Building Services Engineering Research and Technology: an international journal , 36 (2) pp. 221-229. (2015)
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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690
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