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Dwelling and household characteristics can influence summer indoor temperatures
Higher summer temperatures are likely to become more commonplace and we need to understand the risks of overheating in homes and how they can be mitigated.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Housing can influence exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) from outdoor and indoor sources
Using a model representing 11.5 million homes in England and Wales, CUSSH research shows we need to ensure sufficient ventilation in retrofit properties to reduce potential carbon monoxide exposure.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
UCL IEDE is awarded £70k EU funding for research into low carbon straw bale housing insulation
A research project directed by IEDE’s Ben Croxford will be awarded the funding for research into how bio based composite materials can be used to bind the chopped straw which is used as insulation for prefabricated housing.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Virtual Open Day: MSc Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Building
Virtual Open Day: MSc Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Building. 24 November 2017, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm. Event Information. Open to. All. Availability. Sold out. Organiser. UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
MSc in Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings Virtual Open Day
MSc in Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Buildings Virtual Open Day. 13 March 2017, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm. Event Information. Open to. All. Availability. Yes. Organiser. UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering. 44 (0)20 3108 9945.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Senior RA Clive Shrubsole features in London Evening Standard
London Evening Standard published an interview on London pollution levels with UCL IEDE Senior Research Associate Clive Shrubsole, an expert in indoor environments.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
UCL IEDE students visit first WELL Certified building in Europe
UCL IEDE MSc EDE students were among the first to visit Cundall’s new offices at One Carter Lane in London. This is the first building in Europe to be certified as reaching the WELL Building Standard.…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
New paper: Integrated decision making about housing, energy and wellbeing
New paper: Integrated decision making about housing, energy and wellbeing. 14 April 2016. Members of the Housing, Energy and Wellbeing (HEW) project collaborated on a paper recently published in a special issue of Environmental Health, which was…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
UCL IEDE Lecturer visits Madrid to discuss model for dwelling energy performance
UCL IEDE Lecturer visits Madrid to discuss model for dwelling energy performance . 11 March 2016. Dr Anna Mavrogianni visited the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM) in January to discuss a collaboration with…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering
Assessing the health impacts of energy efficiency retrofits in England’s housing
Assessing the health impacts of energy efficiency retrofits in England’s housing. 1 May 2015. Joint research byand LSHTM has been published by BMJ Open. Colleagues at UCL and LSHTM developed a model based on the English Housing Survey (EHS) to…
UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering