Implications of Low‐Carbon Design of Housing for Health and Wellbeing

It is now widely accepted that greenhouse gas emissions of buildings need to be dramatically reduced in high-income countries such as the United Kingdom in order to achieve climate-change-mitigation targets. This process will entail major changes to the housing stock, with consequential effects on exposure to cold, heat, and a range of indoor pollutants. Some of these transformations will have positive health impacts whereas others have the potential for negative health repercussions. In this chapter we consider the nature of those changes and the implications for health and wellbeing, drawing largely on evidence for the United Kingdom.

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