Overheating & indoor air quality in new homes
June 2015 Workshop
Working with the Homes and Communities Agency, we brought together 79 industry and academic experts for an overheating and indoor air quality in new homes workshop. We’ve brought together the technical presentations and discussion summaries from the masterclass workshops, which are particularly relevant for:
- Social housing providers – development & asset management directors & managers, design managers, technical managers, directors of housing
- Technical specialists – house builders & contractors, architects, building & services engineers, etc.
- Local housing authorities – stock owning authorities, particularly those with new-build programmes; housing & environmental health departments
Use the quick links for presentations, videos and downloads from the sessions.
- Overheating – what it is, the causes and definitions
- Overheating – the impacts
- Why overheating should be tackled
- How overheating can be tackled across an organisation and by industry
- Solutions masterclasses
Overheating – what it is, the causes and definitions
Indoor air quality and overheating: The causes of unintended consequences
Clive Shrubsole, UCL (pdf, 1000 KB)
Definitions and causes of poor indoor air quality and overheating in homes
Dr Anna Mavrogianni, UCL (pdf, 4.9 MB)
Overheating – the impacts
The health, comfort and energy consequences of poor indoor environmental quality for individuals and communities
Dr Anna Mavrogianni, UCL (pdf, 2.1 MB)
Why overheating should be tackled
The consequences of overheating for landlords
Paul Ciniglio, First Wessex (pdf, 1.5 MB)
How overheating can be tackled across an organisation and by industry
Building regulations and standards
Shayne Coulson, DCLG (pdf, 310 KB)
Why existing design stage tools & methodologies are not preventing overheating
Susie Diamond, Inkling (pdf, 590 KB)
Overheating homes. Why?
Mich Swainson, BRE (pdf, 1.2 MB)
Overheating in homes – the big picture
Nicola O’Connor, Zero Carbon Hub (pdf, 740 KB)
Overheating, the magnitude of the problem and challenges for the future: A built asset management perspective
Professor Keith Jones, Anglia Ruskin University (pdf, 1.7 MB)
Solutions masterclasses
Building design & environment
Presentation by Professor Bill Gething, University of the West of England (pdf, 1.2 MB)
Contracting and procurement
Masterclass discussion summary
Summary of solutions masterclasses (pdf, 190 KB)
This video contains reporting for all 3 masterclasses. If you wish to skip to a specific masterclass, the timings are:
- Building management & resident action – first item
- Contracting & procurement – 2 mins 57 secs
- Building design solutions – 5 mins 20 secs