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Home Rx: The Health Benefits of Home Performance

Year: 2016

Type: report

Abstract: Evidence in a new, groundbreaking U.S. Department of Energy report, Home Rx: The Health Benefits of Home Performance, shows that home performance upgrades can improve the quality of a home’s indoor environment by reducing the prevalence of harmful indoor air pollutants and contaminants. Until recently, no systematic review of this evidence had been conducted, limiting full understanding of the link between home performance and health. This new report summarizes current knowledge and identifies research gaps. The design characteristics and results of each of the 40 studies considered in the report are summarized in a searchable matrix.

DOI: 10.2172/1420234

Authors: Jonathan Wilson, USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Building Technologies Office (EE-5B) (Building Technologies Office Corporate), David Jacobs, Amanda Reddy, Ellen Tohn, Jonathan Cohen, Ely Jacobsohn

Institutions: National Center for Healthy Housing, United States Department of Energy

Language: English

Topic: Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

Subfield: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Funders: U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

OpenAlex ID: W2801090326

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