Indoor Environmental Quality and Net Zero

[edit] About the publication

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) encompasses air quality and other quality metrics including acoustics, and thermal and visual comfort. This guide builds on these principles and applies them to the context of net zero. It considers how the various components of indoor environmental quality impact net zero individually, and finally how they interact in a holistic design approach for traditional buildings, modern buildings, and new builds.

This is the second in a series of guides published by the Net Zero Building Centre. The first, NZG 1/2022 Net Zero Carbon Buildings, provides an introduction to the topic of net zero and discusses some of the complex issues involved with moving towards a net zero built environment.

The Net Zero Building Centre is a joint venture between BSRIA and LSBU with the aim of accelerating decarbonisation in the built environment. It is an innovation hub and centre of excellence that builds on the shared strengths of BSRIA and LSBU in field of low carbon buildings.

[edit] Introduction

The past century saw a rapid expansion in the technologies available to deliver building services, and consequently a rapid increase in standards for air quality and comfort in buildings, with very little regard for efficiency.

The imperative of climate change now brings efficiency into focus in several ways. In addition to being fit for purpose and comfortable, a modern building must also be fit for the future. In short, the built environment must deliver quality and comfort without carbon and be flexible enough to maintain these standards in future climate conditions.

There is extensive knowledge and guidance available on modern approaches to good indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in buildings. Environmental quality encompasses air quality and other quality metrics including acoustics, and thermal and visual comfort. This guide builds on these principles and applies them to the context of net zero.

It considers how the various components of IEQ impact net zero individually, and finally how they interact in a holistic design approach for traditional buildings, modern buildings, and new builds.

This is the second in a series of guides published by the Net Zero Building Centre. The first, NZG 1, provides an introduction to the topic of net zero and discusses some of the complex issues involved with moving towards a net zero built environment.

Download the topic guide here: https://www.bsria.com/uk/product/BG2J4D/indoor_environmental_quality_and_net_zero_nzg_22023_a15d25e1/

[edit] Product details

Published: June 2023

Publisher: Net Zero Building Centre

Author: Aaron Gillich

ISBN: 978-0-86022-802-8

This article appears on the BSRA bookshop site as "Indoor Environmental Quality and Net Zero (NZG 2/2023)" dated June 2023.

--BSRIA

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