Ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality and its environmental justice implications : HEICCAM Early Career Researchers collaboration

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Booker, Douglas and Petrou, Giorgios and Chatzidiakoud, L and Darpan, Das and Farooq, Faisal and Ferguson, L and Jutila, OE and Milczewska, Kaja and Modlich, Manlina and Moreno-Rangel, Alejandro and Thakrar, S and Yeoman, A and Wild, A and Shi, Z. and Mavrogianni, Anna and Doherty, Ruth M. (2024) Ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality and its environmental justice implications : HEICCAM Early Career Researchers collaboration. In: 2024 Clean Air Conference, 2024-10-02 - 2024-10-03, Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre.

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Abstract

This work has been conceptualised by an early career researcher forum with the HEICCAM network. The 16 authors encompass a number of career stages from PhD student, to postdoctoral research associates, to lecturers, with contributions from investigators within the network. The collective interdisciplinary expertise of this work spans atmospheric sciences and technology, the built environment including building physics and architecture, public health epidemiology, social science, and stakeholder engagement. We have combined our expertise in indoor and outdoor air pollution measurements and modelling, building design and airflow, exposure assessment in the indoor and outdoor environment and health effects of air pollution, social responsibility around occupant behaviour, and environmental justice to address ten questions concerning the future of residential indoor air quality and its environmental justice implications. Humansspend a large proportion of their time at home, where exposure to indoor air pollution has detrimental and unequal impacts on health and wellbeing. Dramatic changes to residential environments are expected in the coming decades, including from the effects of net zero policies, technology, and climate change. However, it is unclear how changesto residential environments will affect indoor air quality, and whether they will differentially impact people of different socioeconomic groups, and vulnerabilities. When addressing the questions e pay attention to diverse forms of environmental justice in relation to indoor air quality exposures, including distributive, procedural, recognition, capabilities, and epistemic dimensions. The ten questions specifically address; the importance of indoor air quality, including its sources, modifiers, and health impacts; how changes in climate, policies, behaviours, technologies, populations and demographics might affect residential indoor air quality; and the role that different physical and social infrastructures and sectors of society can play in improving indoor air quality, including buildings and technologies, behaviour change, policy, and research.

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Booker, Douglas, Petrou, Giorgios, Chatzidiakoud, L, Darpan, Das, Farooq, Faisal, Ferguson, L, Jutila, OE, Milczewska, Kaja, Modlich, Manlina, Moreno-Rangel, Alejandro ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6405-4233, Thakrar, S, Yeoman, A, Wild, A, Shi, Z., Mavrogianni, Anna and Doherty, Ruth M.;
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