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Indoor mould exposure: Characteristics, influences and corresponding associations with built environment—A review

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Authors:
Chenqiu Du, Baizhan Li, Wei Yu

While household mould growth has been increasingly highlighted in response to its adverse health outcomes and building management burden, studies are reviewed respectively from perspective of epidemiological survey, or building technology. This paper thus presents a literature review to address the building environment and mould exposure in homes, including the mould growth and exposure characteristics, interaction with building features, design requirements from current standards.

Is atrium an ideal form for daylight in buildings?

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Authors:
Hossein Omrany, Amirhosein Ghaffarianhoseini, Umberto Berardi, Ali Ghaffarianhoseini, Danny H. W. Li

This paper aims to review the achievements of previous studies addressing the capability of atriums for providing adequate levels of daylight and visual comfort. This study also performs several simulations using Radiance IES-VE software predominantly with the target to support the literature review results. The analysis discusses ways of daylight transmission through different atrium structures.

Understanding the contextual influences of the health outcomes of residential energy efficiency interventions: realist review

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Authors:
Nicola Willand, Cecily Maller, Ian Ridley

Residential energy efficiency interventions are complex social and construction programmes that may benefit health, yet the interactions between the material improvements, health and health-related outcomes, and householder responses are not well understood. While indoor winter warmth and householder satisfaction have been identified as the key mediators for physiological, mental and social health outcomes, this paper explores how programme contexts may have influenced the outcomes. This review revealed that common target populations were low income households, children and the elderly.

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