Overheating and Indoor Air Quality in new homes

Events - Public

Starting 23 Jun 2015 - 10:30 through to 23 Jun 2015 - 17:00

The event will cover:

  • Overheating – what it is, the causes and the scale of the problem across social housing stock
  • The impacts of overheating – 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.

Who should attend?

  • Registered Providers (Development and Asset Management directors and managers, design managers, technical managers, possibly also Directors of housing)
  • Technical specialists (House builders & contractors, architects, building & services engineers, etc.)
  •          Local housing authorities (stock owning authorities, particularly those with new-build programmes; housing and environmental health departments)

This workshop is delivered jointly by the Homes and Communities Agency and the ARCC Network, and is FREE to attend. 
 
To book your place email antonio.irranca@hca.gsi.gov.uk

 

Location

Peterborough United Football Club
London Road
Peterborough
Cambridgeshire PE2 8AL
United Kingdom