The
investigation concerned discrepancies and contradictions between health
demands and environmental demands. It has been completed by a consortium
formed by Allergo-Consult
and the following organisations:
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Netherlands
Institute for Building Ecology
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Dermatology
Department of Utrecht University
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VVDO
Department of Utrecht University
-
Natural
History Museum of Rotterdam
-
Centre
for Bulding Research TNO-TUE
-
the consultant Quintis
-
the chair 'Biologic
Agents of the Built Environment' of Eindhoven University of Technology
Because of the extensive societal interest in this investigation and its results, we decided to place the report on the WorldWideWeb to be read or downloaded free of charge. Below you will find the different chapters. You need to download Acrobat Reader first before you can read the report. Acrobat Reader is also a free product.
Prepaid hard copies of the complete Dutch Version of the report are also available.
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- Chapter 1. Introduction
(Sorry, in Dutch only)
The
introduction covers the contradictions between health demands and environmental
demands in residential areas. Focal points are disease risks of energy
conservation and of re-introducing 'wild' nature in the living environment.
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- Chapter 2. Research
questions (Sorry, in Dutch only)
In
this chapter the research questions of the joint investigation are formulated.
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- Chapter 3. Methods
and Procedures (Sorry, in Dutch only)
Methods
and procedures used in the investigation are included in Chapter 3, such
as desk research, measurements taken in outdoor and indoor environments
and questionnaires used in sustainable and non-sustainable residential
areas in Delft and Utrecht.
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- Chapter 4. Results
of desk research (Sorry, in Dutch only)
Desk
research results are presented in a Health Classification of Netherlands
Nature Types (GCN), and as an extension of the existing
Health Classification of New and Renovated Dwellings in the Netherlands
(GCW).
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- Chapter 5. Results
of field work (Sorry, in Dutch only)
Field
measurements and inventarisations are worked up and treated statistically
to classify the 4 residential areas according to GCW
and GCN.
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- Chapter 6. Healthy
and sustainable building and living (Sorry,
in Dutch only)
In
chapter 6 alterations to the Netherlands measures for sustainable development
are proposed in order to protect the health of the users of residential
areas.
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- Chapter 7. Appendices
(Sorry, in Dutch only)
The
Appendices contain the details of the investigation: methods, residential
areas investigated, measurements, and literature references. These appendices
have to be downloaded before the can be read in Acrobat
Reader.
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