272532 Barriers and opportunities to make housing green and healthy through weatherization

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

Yianice Hernandez, Deputy Director, LEED AP , Green Communities, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., New York, NY
        
This session will adress the methods that weatherization programs routinely use to address health and safety hazards, and the limitations of such efforts. It will discuss the research gaps in demonstrating a link between energy conservation and improvements to resident health, as well as the impact of weatherization in enhancing the indoor air quality of homes to provide significant health benefits to residents. This presentation will also discuss innovative methods being adopted by weatherization programs to more fully address health through partnerships with state and local health programs.

Learning Areas:
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Occupational health and safety
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Participants will be able to describe methods that weatherization programs are using to more fully integrate health into their work.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I oversee Enterprise’s comprehensive research and evaluation of the economic, environmental and health benefits of green affordable housing. Through this effort, Enterprise seeks to demonstrate that, by improving the performance of affordable housing developments through green methods and materials, it is possible to achieve lower operating costs due to energy and water conservation in addition to improvements in occupant health through the use of non-toxic materials and better ventilation.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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