Homes and Communities Agency
June 11
12:32
2015
The HCA, working with the Adaptation and Resilience in the Context of Change Network, will host a free, one day workshop for affordable housing providers and developers on how to avoid overheating and poor indoor air quality in new homes.
The event will cover:
- overheating what it is, the causes and the scale of the problem across social housing stock
- impacts particularly on health, including a focus on the relationship between overheating and poor indoor air quality
- why overheating should be tackled environmental health, corporate and social responsibilities, legal duties of care
- how overheating can be tackled across an organisation what the development, asset management and housing teams can do
- case study examples drawn from procurement, contractors, asset management, maintenance and resident management
The event is aimed at professionals involved in the commissioning, development and delivery of new affordable homes, including:
- registered providers (development and asset management directors and managers, design managers, technical managers, possibly also directors of housing)
- technical specialists (house builders and contractors, architects, building and services engineers etc)
- local housing authorities (stock owning authorities, particularly those with new-build programmes; housing and environmental health departments)
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