Health Impact Assessment of Deep Energy Renovations on Irish Domestic Dwellings - HAVEN
This project aims to complete a health impact assessment and health economic evaluation of domestic buildings in Ireland which have undergone a Deep Energy Retrofit
Project Insights
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€264,177
Total Project Costs -
3 yr
Project Duration -
2019
Year Funded
Project Description
Deep Energy Retrofit (DR) adopts a whole building approach and achieves much larger energy savings that conventional energy renovations. DR includes the installation of mechanical ventilation, high levels of insulation and uses renewable energy technologies, to achieve building energy ratings (BER) of at least A3 and building air tightness levels lower than 5 m3/h.m2. Ireland's 4th NEEAP identifies DR as a solution to achieve savings in the Irish residential built environment. The impact of DR measures on exposure to indoor air pollutants in domestic dwellings in the developed world is poorly understood. This area of research, unlike for ambient air pollution, is partly challenged by our lack of understanding of the causal associations between exposure to indoor air pollutants (IAPs) and the relative absence of IAQ measurements and indices. This results of this research project could make a significant contribution to building energy research, by being the first Irish and international study to complete a health impact assessment (HIA) and health economic evaluation on DR in domestic dwellings.
Project Details
Total Project Cost: €264,177
Funding Agency: SEAI
Year Funded: 2019
Lead Organisation: National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG)