Are our homes making us ill? The impact of energy efficiency on indoor air quality

Stirling Howieson

doi:10.1177/1757913914551916

Are our homes making us ill? The impact of energy efficiency on indoor air quality

Stirling Howieson

Architecture

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Abstract

The World Health Organization estimates that over 100,000 people die every year from conditions resulting from occupational exposure to asbestos. Similar to this, a significant proportion of asthma and related ill health is driven by poor indoor air quality. Stirling Howieson, Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Strathclyde, takes a look at the increasing prevalence of asthma and asks the question, are our homes making us ill?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	318-319
Number of pages	2
Journal	Perspectives in Public Health
Volume	134
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913914551916
Publication status	Published - Nov 2014

Keywords

asthma pandemic
housing design
indoor air quality
air tightness
asbestos

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Stirling Howieson
- s.howieson@strath.ac.uk
- Architecture - Senior Lecturer
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