PHRC Webinars

Healthy Homes: Insights for Existing Housing

4/13/2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Instructor: Sarah Klinetob Lowe (Housing Systems Specialist, PHRC)

Handouts

Link to Webinar: https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/4515967273612/WN_BTLPCkRhT-efdehnziqgEw

Description

The Building Performance Institute (BPI) has laid out eight Healthy Homes Principles that affect the health and well-being of a home’s occupants. This webinar will walk through these eight principles which include “Keep it …”: Dry, Clean, Safe, Well-Ventilated, Pest-Free, Contaminant-Free, Well Maintained, and Thermally Controlled.

Learning Objectives

1. Review connections between occupant health and common conditions in existing housing, such as how mold in chronically damp areas of the home can lead to human illness.
2. Explore how moisture reduction strategies such as effective drainage and air sealing can reduce dampness and improve indoor environmental quality.
3. Examine how home ventilation system improvements can reduce risk of occupant respiratory illnesses.
4. Identify resources for building professionals to identify, evaluate, and remediate unhealthy conditions in the physical design of existing housing.

Cost

Free to attend; $20 for continuing education credit in live webinar

Credit Hours

Live Webinar: 1.0 L&I Contact Hour, 1.0 PDH, 1.0 AIA LU|HSW, 1.0 ICC Contact Hour (0.1 CEU), 1.0 NARI hour/CEU

Tags: Residential Structures and Building Code Requirements