LEARNING AREA: Health Equity, Real Estate Development
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Occupant Health Benefits of Residential Energy Efficiency

Author:

Tohn Environmental Strategies team, with Foreword by E4TheFuture

Year:

2016

Description:

The paper builds understanding and access to relevant data that can support inclusion of health impacts as a public benefit of energy efficiency.

The 35-page paper: Reviews and summarizes research studies of residential energy efficiency and related ventilation upgrades; Discusses ways that programs have monetized occupant health co-benefits; Identifies where research gaps exist, and/or where research can be improved and leveraged; Provides an overview of innovative programs that combine energy efficiency and health-focused home repairs

E4TheFuture invites readers of this paper to collaborate on integrated approaches to improving indoor air quality of homes across the U.S. and beyond.