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Hydronic heating system: A hydronic heating system uses hot water to heat a home. The system includes a boiler, pumps, pipes, and radiators or baseboard heaters.
Stack effect (aka chimney effect): The movement of air into and out of a building due to differences in air pressure and temperature.
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MWBE: Minority and/or Women-Owned Business Enterprise
EPA: US Environmental Protection Agency
DOE: US Department of Energy
EV: Electric vehicle
DOL: US Department of Labor
CBO: Community-based organization
RFP: Request for Proposals
EJ neighborhoods:
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Decarbonization: for more information on what decarbonization is and the goals of decarbonization, listen to BuildingWell Episode 4: The Role of Existing Buildings in a Green World (or Functional Medicine for Buildings)
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鈥淏uilding Science Corporation did some great testing where they looked at the impact of insulation in assemblies where you have that air gap, because I think folks were concerned that, you know, if you have a layer of air, isn鈥檛 that defeating the point of insulation?鈥�[1]
Kristin鈥檚 episode on healthy homes
[1] https://buildingscience.com/documents/reports/rr-1207-vancouver-field-exposure-facility/view
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Investigating the Impacts of Climate Change on an Affordable Multifamily Building in Boston, Massachusetts鈥� Hsiao, Goswami
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Paper published as a part of ACEEE Summer Study 2024: Investigating the Impacts of Climate Change on an Affordable Multifamily Building in Boston, Massachusetts
Benchmarking: Measuring and tracking energy use in buildings to better understand energy performance compared to similar buildings
Building envelope: All building components separating indoors from outdoors. (Exterior walls, foundations, roof, windows, doors, etc.)
Heat island effect: When urban areas are hotter than the surrounding areas because they absorb and retain more heat and have fewer natural landscape features.
LITCH (ly-tech): Low-income Housing Tax Credit
Energy burden: the percentage of total income that is paid towards energy bills.
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Old Colony Case Study regarding building and occupant health
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References on Kristin鈥檚 research:
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Dovjak, M. and Kukec, A. (2019). Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings: An Assessment of Health Risk Factors.
Frumkin, H., Bratman, G.N., Breslow, S.J., Cochran, B., Kahn Jr, P.H., Lawler, J.J., Levin, P.S., Tandon, P.S., Varanasi, U., Wolf, K.L. and Wood, S.A. (2017). Nature Contact and Human Health: A Research Agenda. Environmental Health Perspectives, [online] 125(7).
Huang, L., Fantke, P., Ritscher, A. and Jolliet, O. (2022). Chemicals of concern in building materials: a high-throughput screening. Journal of Hazardous Materials, [online] 424. Available at: . [Accessed 1 Aug. 2022]
Kim, D.H. and Bluyssen, P.M. (2020). Clustering of office workers from the OFFICAIR study in The Netherlands based on their self-reported health and comfort. Building and Environment, [online] 176, p.106860.
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Especially after 2020, I believe that people are now spending 62% of their lives indoors since 2020, when it used to be 50% and in hotter places it鈥檚 up to 90%.[1]
[1] Allen, Joseph G., and John D. Macomber. Healthy buildings: How indoor spaces drive performance and productivity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020.
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Four step decarbonization process
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25% of the multifamily building energy usage comes from DHW- A 鈥榡uicy piece鈥� page 18
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CDC: Community Development Corporation
Costs and Benefits of Green Affordable Housing
Naturally-Occurring Affordable Housing (NOAH)
State of Delaware Resilience Assessment
MBE: Minority Business Enterprise