Thank you to all who attended the symposium on Wednesday 21st of September 2016 at the Glasgow School of Art. The event provided a platform for participants to present their research findings and knowledge of buildings and health, stimulate debate and promote knowledge exchange.
The objectives of the symposium were are as follows:
- To establish a cross-disciplinary group connecting researchers and practitioners from the health, architecture and environmental design communities
- To exchange knowledge on research activity and knowledge domains
- To stimulate new debate and knowledge exchange across disciplines, countries and methods
- To advance knowledge by fostering intellectual exchange in a trans-disciplinary environment
- To identify key issues, refine topics for the workshop, and identify champions for workshop sessions
Speakers Biographies
Programme and Presentation Slides
10:00 Registration, tea/coffee
10:30 Tom Inns, Director of the Glasgow School of Art
Welcome
10:35 Tim Sharpe, Mackintosh Environmental Architecture Research Unit
Welcome and introduction to the network
10:50 Anthony Seaton, University of Aberdeen
The air and how the body reacts to it
11:20 Raymond Agius, University of Manchester
Ill-health related to air contaminants
11:50 Tea and coffee break
12:20 Ian Mawditt, Director of Fourwalls, Bristol
The state of ventilation in the UK
12:40 Sani Dimitroulopoulou, UKIEG and Public Health England
Healthy indoor environments: Challenges for Policymakers
13:00 Lunch break
14:00 Mich Swainson, BRE, Watford
Observed effects of poor ventilation in modern homes
14:20 Atze Boerstra, Director of BBA Binnenmilieu, The Netherlands
Residential ventilation, health, comfort and control: the NL experience
14:40 Pawel Wargocki, Technical University of Denmark
Links between Ventilation and Health
15:10 Tea and coffee break
15:40 Jan Sundell, Tsinghua University Beijing
Ventilation in homes and health
16:10 Lynne Sullivan
What do designers need to know?
16:30 Discussion session
17:00 Close
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