2018_Ahrentzen Tural Erickson_RBDCC Penn State_Formatted

2018_Ahrentzen Tural Erickson_RBDCC Penn State_Formatted Is Green Housing 4th Annual Residential Building Design + Construction Conference Healthy Housing? Feb 28 – Mar 1 2018 Exzamining the Sherry Ahrentzen, PhD Evidence University of FloridaElif Tural, PhD Virginia Tech James Erickson, PhD Arizona State University z UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES + LIMITATIONS OF “GREEN” z z z METHODOLOGY OF NCHH 2006. [...] April 2016 z z INTENT AND Update + SCOPE OF Expand Update and expand upon 2006 NCHH report OUR STUDY Target Target residential structures only Analyze how 2 green certification programs Analyze incorporate health-related building standards for MF residences Inform architects + builders how to effectively use Inform these “tools” for advancing green and healthy housing z Green Certificate Programs. [...] Gauge correspondence of green guidelines with health-related standards through content analysis z Example: Data Collection Matrix for Identifying Correspondence between Specific Health Provisions and Green Measures NHHS Biological Contaminant HR R/O LEED D+C LEED O+M R/O F/P EGCC R/O F/P Provisions 2.4 Kitchen floor sealed, water resistant, R -- -- -- -- 6.8 R F nonabsorbent, cleanable surface Etc. [...] z Correspondence WELL and Green Programs: on Biological Contaminant z z Provisions z z Correspondence NHHS and Green Programs: on Biological Contaminant Provisions z - Neither green program covers much of WELL/Biological Contaminants (required or optional) - Compared to WELL, green programs have more coverage of NHHS/Biological, especially Pest Management Summary - Advanced NHHS measures for contr. [...] materials that are easy to clean, anti-microbial) z z Correspondence WELL and Green Programs: on Chemical Contaminant Provisions z z Correspondence NHHS and Green Programs: on Chemical Contaminant Provisions z - Green certifications have more coverage in controlling chemical contaminants than biological ones - For WELL, LEED covers more provision types than Summary EGCC does; but little difference.