Many substantial building problems (including health problems) are caused by excessive or insufficient moisture. And yet we have very little research in the UK on moisture in buildings, a lack of good guidance, and minimal public and industry understanding. The UK Centre for Moisture in Buildings has been set up to address these issues.
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🌟 Celebrating heritage excellence!
Highlighting six pre-1919 properties from CIBSE's Retrofit Revisit.
Well done @Archima @JulieG_Sust 👏👏
https://www.cibse.org/knowledge-research/knowledge-portal/retrofit-revisit-2024
#HeritageConservation #Sustainability #RetrofitRevisit #HistoricBuildings #SustainableArchitecture
Happy to announce our proposal "#PublicHealth & #EarthquakeEngineering (HASDEM): Reduction of Earthquake-Induced #Physical and #SocialRisks, and #UrbanResilience Building for #Türkiye" was successful at the TÜBİTAK's 1001Caba funding competition
@KokcanD @CEGE_UCL @EPICentreUCL
UKCMB Technical Director Dr @VMarincioni will be speaking at the #RetrofitRevisit Building Performance evaluation workshop, 18 Jun, London. The project evaluated 10 dwellings a decade after they received #energyefficient #retrofit measures. https://tinyurl.com/9vfkhknh
Fixing #damp #mould in homes prevents serious risks to health and wellbeing. Removing the most serious risks to #health #safety in the poorest quality #homes can save the #NHS £600mn a yr.
"Removing the most serious risks to health & safety from the poorest quality homes where the head of household is 55 or over would save the #NHS nearly £600mn a year."
Read about new @Ageing_Better report featuring BRE research in @HQNMedia:
https://hqnetwork.co.uk/news/fixing-dangerous-homes-would-deliver-over-1-5bn-in-annual-health-and-social-care-savings/ @CPEC_LSE