Centre for Research on Indoor Climate and Health (RICH Centre)
People typically spend 90% of their lives indoors and there are well documented links between a poor indoor environment and the comfort, health and productivity of the occupants. The most effective form of health care is illness prevention. Interventions to improve the internal environment of buildings can reduce ill health, social problems and the burden on the NHS. Conditions within buildings however, depend on complex interactions between the external climate, the building fabric, installed systems, actions of occupants, and the wider socio economic environment. Effective solutions are therefore only possible by combining expertise from a wide range of disciplines.
The Centre for Research on Indoor Health brings together a critical mass of expertise from within the Schools of - Engineering Science and Design; Built and Natural Environment; Life Sciences; and Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health.
Key Benefits
- Creation of an internationally recognized centre of excellence.
- Facilitation of multi-disciplinary research to address issues that determine healthy indoor environments.
- Providing a platform to enable strategic links to be forged with other key UK and international institutions.
Applications
- Research
- Knowledge Transfer
- Consultancy
- CPD and Training
- Construction
- Healthcare
- Climate
- Fabrication
IP Status
N/A
Consultancy Website
www.sesd.gcal.ac.uk/
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