Goyette Pernot, Joëlle and Hager Jörin, Corinne and Pampuri, Luca (2015) Indoor radon and air quality investigations in new or renovated wnergy-efficient swiss single family dwellings. In: PLEA 2015, 9-11 September, Bologna.
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Abstract
The perspectives of a new energy crisis subsequent to the depletion of natural resources along with the increase of energy costs make, more than forty years after the first oil crisis, energy savings a priority. This lead to rethink building practices so as to make it more sustainable and economical in terms of energy consumption by ensuring the air tightness and a good thermal insulation. Indeed, the less we ventilate such sealed houses, the more moisture, number and level of pollutants increase in the indoor environment. The deterioration of the indoor air quality and the appearance of occupants non-specific health disorders are the consequences. Preliminary results indicate the attention to pay to energy-efficient buildings. On the one hand, the concentration of indoor radon has a clear tendency to increase after an energy saving action. On the other hand, it appears that even though the new Swiss energy efficient houses seem less affected by this problem than the traditional renovated houses, or even transformed according to these label requirements, unexpected situations may still arise. People living in energy saving buildings need to be well informed about the risks and about “what-to-do and not-to-do” living in such “high tech” houses. Maintenance of technical installation can also be troublesome.
| Item Type: | Article in conference proceedings or Presentation at a conference (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Architecture, building and planning > Building > Construction management Architecture, building and planning > Building > Quantity surveying |
| Department/unit: | Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design > Centro competenze radon |
| Depositing User: | Luca Pampuri |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2015 06:30 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Aug 2023 14:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/6919 |
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