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 866-939-8416 #9149657. Use *6 to mute your line. Use *6 to unmute. NCHH will post recordings of the calls a few days after the conference call. To reduce the file size to around 10 MB, NCHH had to reduce the sound quality. If you want the high quality recording, please let NCHH know by emailing Ellen Tohn at etohn@tohnenvironmental.com. The full file is 30 MB.

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.

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.

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 / Recording
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?	MP3
Jan. 20, 2009	Jim Kreiger (206) 296-6817	Seattle - King County Health Department		Healthy Homes Lessons from Seattle: Lessons from the Last Decade	MP3 ARC Business Case for IPM Model Housing Code - IPMC
Feb. 23, 2009	Terry Brennan (315) 336-7955	Camroden Associates		Bathroom and Kitchen Ventilation: What Works? Ventilation Recommendations	MP3 Terry Brennan - Questions and Answers on Ventilation
March 16, 2009	Melissa Malkin-Weber (919) 857-9024	Advanced Energy		"Fresh Air” Ventilation – How Fresh Is It? Research Results from 36 North Carolina Homes	MP3 Research Article
April 22, 2009	David Ormandy	Warwick School of Law in England		The Costs of Unhealthy Homes	MP3 Canada's R-2000 Program Liverpool's Funding Program Press Release Leech Abstract on Health and Energy Efficiency Howden-Chapman on Home Heating and Asthma
May 18, 2009	Steve Klossner	Advanced Certified Thermography		Carbon Monoxide Levels and Sources in Homes - What About the Garage
June 15, 2009	Bill Fisk	Lawrence Berkley Labs		Health Implications of Moisture in Homes and What to Do About It
July 20, 2009	Brad Turk (866) 426-0723	Environmental Building Services		Moisture Reduction Impacts of Radon Resistant Construction: When Does it Help?
August 16, 2009	No call Scheduled
September 21, 2009	Jeff Gordan	University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana		The House as a Chimney: IAQ and Unvented Gas Fireplaces

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 Ellen Tohn an email at etohn@tohnenvironmental.com.

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.