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Transactions: WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Transactions ID Number: 31-819
Full Name: G Karani
Position: Professor
Age: ON
Sex: Male
Address: Cardiff School of Health Sciences, University of Wales Institute Cardiff, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Title of the Paper: Housing renovation and indoor environment
Authors as they appear in the Paper: G Karani, M Bradburn, M Evans
Email addresses of all the authors: gkarani@uwic.ac.uk,markbradburn@hotmail.com, meirion.evans@nphs.wales.nhs.uk
Number of paper pages: 10
Abstract: The focus of the study was the effect of the renovation of the housing within the study area on the indoor environment. The objective was to recruit and monitor a cohort of households every winter approximately a year before renovation was due as the control group, and then monitor them again prior to renovation as the pre-renovation group, and finally a minimum of six months following renovation as the post-renovation group. The analysis was centred on the change in 7 indoor environmental parameters; temperature, relative humidity, dampness, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, PM2.5 and additional health information on the householders was available from SF-36 an extensively validated health questionnaire. Paired data was available for 37 households for pre-renovation and post-renovation environmental monitoring. Correlations were drawn between environmental data variables including temperature and humidity with measures of indoor air pollutants and d!
ampness. Paired sample t-tests were conducted for pre-renovation and post- renovation variables, and a significant improvement in both the indoor environment and householder health was determined. The benefits derived from setting up a multi-disciplinary project team drawn upon from different backgrounds, was from the outset a significant value to the implementation and outcome of such a health gain study.
Keywords: Key-words: Indoor pollution. SF36, Renewal area, Renovation, Health
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