The air that you breathe: what is good quality indoor air, and how is it measured?

Date: 29 September 2022	Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Location: Online	Cost: Free, registration essential

Air quality is a key factor in people’s health, their homes and energy efficiency. In 2014, the Scottish government introduced the Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing in order to improve a resident’s life, make the building safe, and help remove poor energy efficiency as a driver for fuel poverty.

Improvements to energy efficiency can lead to improvements in health outcomes, particularly in older people, young children and anyone with chronic or respiratory health conditions. To support this, by 2025, Scottish landlords are encouraged to start collecting the air-quality impact data for energy efficiency measures. This means before and after installation data on carbon dioxide, temperature and humidity. You might not think that CO2 can do that much damage in terms of respiratory health, but it can.

Today, Scotland’s building regulations state that every home must have a monitor in the main bedroom to measure CO2 levels. The monitor will alert the inhabitant if they need to open a window. This law is not yet in motion across the rest of the UK – but should it?

During this webinar, Inside Housing and their panellists will explore why the new regulation on indoor air quality is important and what it means for safety issues, buildings and their tenants, answering questions including:

What does a healthy home look like?
What impact do panelists think the new safety bills will have on the well-being of tenants?
There has been a lot of discussion about increasing safety procedures in densely populated high-rise blocks, but how does this translate to more rural areas?
What can housing learn from other public spaces, such as schools and hospitals?
What innovative technologies are now being used to improve efficiency and safety, to future-proof buildings?
And how does this all fit in with a drive towards zero carbon?

The session format is a 40-minute webinar with expert panellists, followed by a 20-minute Q&A and discussion so we can find the solutions together.

Costs

Free to attend, registration essential.

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