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Translating Research into Healthy Homes Improvements

Practitioners traditionally rely on conferences and publications to introduce and explain new research. Yet, they need additional forums to ensure that research results are timely and to provide an interactive exploration of the findings.   

To complement these traditional forums, the National Center for Healthy Housing and ACI are co-hosting monthly conference calls on the third Monday of each month at 3:00 pm ET.  Call 877-358-8255 #3970384. Use *6 to mute your line.  Use *7 to unmute. 

NCHH and ACI designed the calls for health and housing professionals interested in getting the latest word on intriguing healthy homes research and participating in a discussion on its implications and applications.

Go to www.healthyhomestraining.org/research for more information. You can also contact Ellen Tohn at (508) 358-7770 or etohn@tohnenvironmental.com.

Thanks to HUD's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control as well as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for their funding and guidance to make these calls possible.

Flyer for Calls from October 2008 to January 2009.

ACI is a non-profit organization with more than 22 years of experience training building and housing professionals in 2006.  Founded as the Affordable Comfort Conference in 1986, it is rooted in defining the best way to make homes energy efficient, without harming the residents and the building.

Summary of Presentations

Date

Presenter

Organization

Format

Presentation

Follow-up

Oct. 20, 2008

Bud Offerman 

415-567-7700

Indoor Environmental Engineering

Panelists - Aaron Townsend

Practical Ventilation Strategies and Indoor Air Quality Consequences 

 
Ventilation Design Recommendations by Aaron Townsend, Building Science Corporation

Nov. 17, 2008

Jonathan Wilson 

(443) 539-4162

 

National Center for Healthy Housing 

 

Should EPA Lead-Dust Hazard Standards be Made More Stringent?

 

Dec. 15, 2008

Coby Schal

(919) 515-1821

North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC

 

 

How Effective are Commercial Pest Control Companies in Controlling Cockroaches? 

 
 

Jan. 20, 2009*

Jim Kreiger (tentative)

 

Seattle - King County Health Department

 

Healthy Homes Lessons from Seattle: Lessons from the Last Decade

 
 

Feb. 23, 2009**

Terry Brennan 

(315) 336-7955

 

Camroden Associates

 

Bathroom and Kitchen Ventilation: What Works?

 
 

* This call has been changed to Tuesday, January 20, 2009 because of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

** This call has been changed to Monday, February 23, 2009 because of Presidents Day.

 

Background:

One week before each call, NCHH and ACI will send out an announcement on healthyhomesnet and other relevant listserves providing the agenda and details on the upcoming call.  NCHH will also post the update as well as presentation materials at www.healthyhomestraining.org/research.  After the call, NCHH will post update the materials based on questions raised.  If you have research you want to include in the presentation, send NCHH’s Tom Neltner an email at tneltner@nchh.org.

 

The general agenda for the call will be:

3:00 ET     Welcome and Introductions – NCHH

3:05          Updates and Review of Previous Calls

3:15          Spotlight on a Research

                 -  Presentation

                 -  Discussion of Implications and Applications

                 -  Follow-up Items

3:50          Suggestions for Topics for Future Calls

4:00          Adjourn

 

NCHH will announce the calls on healthyhomesnet listserve.  The listserve is managed by the Alliance for Healthy Homes to promote and sustain health considerations in renovation, maintenance, operation, and construction of housing.  It also focuses on maintenance and rehab of existing properties, practices and policies that apply to low-income housing, holistic approaches, and primary prevention.  Join the listserve by going to www.afhh.org/res/res_listserves.htm

 

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