Review of some effects of climate change on indoor environmental quality and health and associated no-regrets mitigation measures

Building and Environment

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 70-80

  Fisk, William J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building; Climate change; Health; Indoor air quality; Indoor environmental quality; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FIRES; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEALTH; HOUSES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OZONE; ROOFS; SEA LEVEL; SOLAR ENERGY; STORMS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; BUILDING ENERGY USE; BUILDING OPERATIONS; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MITIGATION; MITIGATION MEASURES; RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HEALTH IMPACT; INDOOR AIR;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921280404     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.12.024     Document Type: Review

References (122)

1. IOM Climate change, the indoor environment, and health 2011, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
2. Spengler J.D. Climate change, indoor environments, and health. Indoor Air 2012, 22:89-95.
3. Nazaroff W.W. Exploring the consequences of climate change for indoor air quality. Environ Res Lett 2013, 8:015022.
4. Smith K.R., Woodward A., Cambell-Lendrum D., Chadee D.D., Honda Y., Liu Q., et al. Human health: impacts, adaptation, and co-benefits. Climate change 2014: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability part A: global and sectoral aspects contribution of working group II to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change 2014, Cambride University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
5. IPCC Climate change 2013, the physical science basis, working group 1 contribution to the IPCC 5th assessment report, final draft underlying scientific-technical assessment 2013, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva, Switzerland.
6. Wu J., Zhou Y., Gao Y., Fu J.S., Johnson B.A., Huang C., et al. Estimation and uncertainty analysis of impacts of future heat waves on mortality in the eastern United States. Environ Health Perspect 2014, 122:10-16.
7. Climate change impacts in the United States: the third national climate assessment 2014, U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, D. C. J.M. Melillo, T.C. Richmond, G.W. Yohe (Eds.).
8. California E.P.A. Preparing California for extreme heat, guidance and recommendations 2013, California Envirinmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, CA.
9. Guirguis K., Gershunov A., Tardy A., Basu R. The impact of recent heat waves on human health in California. JAppl Meteorology Climatol 2013, 53:3-19.
10. Confalonieri U., Menne B., Akhtar R., Ebi K.L., Hauengue M., Kovats R.S., et al. Human health. Climate change 2007: impacts, adaptation and vulnerability contribution of working group II to the fourth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change 2007.
11. Staddon P.L., Montgomery H.E., Depledge M.H. Climate warming will not decrease winter mortality. Nat Clim Change 2014, 4:190-194.
12. IPCC. Climate Change 2014 "impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, Chapter 11. [accessed November 2014]. http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg2/.
13. Ebi K.L., Mills D. Winter mortality in a warming climate: a reassessment. Wiley Interdiscip Rev Clim Change 2013, 4:203-212.
14. Huang C., Barnett A.G., Wang X., Vaneckova P., FitzGerald G., Tong S. Projecting future heat-related mortality under climate change scenarios: a systematic review. Environ Health Perspect 2011, 119:1681-1690.
15. D'lppoliti D., Michelozzi P., Marino C., de'Donato F., Menne B., Katsouyanni K., et al. Research the impact of heat waves on mortality in 9 European cities: results from the EuroHEAT project. Environ Health 2010, 9. http://www.ehjournal.net/content/9/1/37.
16. Fouillet A., Rey G., Wagner V., Laaidi K., Empereur-Bissonnet P., Le Tertre A., et al. Has the impact of heat waves on mortality changed in France since the European heat wave of summer 2003? a study of the 2006 heat wave. Int J Epidemiol 2008, 37:309-317.
17. Fouillet A., Rey G., Laurent F., Pavillon G., Bellec S., Guihenneuc-Jouyaux C., et al. Excess mortality related to the august 2003 heat wave in France. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2006, 80:16-24.
18. McGeehin M.A., Mirabelli M. The potential impacts of climate variability and change on temperature-related morbidity and mortality in the United States. Environ Health Perspect 2001, 109(Suppl.2):185-189.
19. Stafoggia M., Forastiere F., Agostini D., Biggeri A., Bisanti L., Cadum E., et al. Vulnerability to heat-related mortality: a multicity, population-based, case-crossover analysis. Epidemiology 2006, 17:315-323.
20. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Heat illness and deaths - New York City, 2000-2011. MMWR 2013, 62:617-621.
21. Klepeis N.E., Tsang A.M., Behar J.V. Analysis of the national human activity pattern survey (NHAPS) respondents from a standpoint of exposure assessment 1995, National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, NV.
22. 2.5 and absorbance among elderly subjects with coronary heart disease. JExpo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2006, 17:124-133.
23. Vandentorren S., Bretin P., Zeghnoun A., Mandereau-Bruno L., Croisier A., Cochet C., et al. August 2003 heat wave in France: risk factors for death of elderly people living at home. Eur J Public Health 2006, 16:583-591.
24. World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Improving public health responses to extreme weather/heat waves - technical summary 2009, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen.
25. Ostro B., Rauch S., Green R., Malig B., Basu R. The effects of temperature and use of air conditioning on hospitalizations. Am J Epidemiol 2010, 172:1053-1061.
26. Mavrogianni A., Davies M., Taylor J., Chalabi Z., Biddulph P., Oikonomou E., et al. The impact of occupancy patterns, occupant-controlled ventilation and shading on indoor overheating risk in domestic environments. Build Environ 2014, 78:183-198.
27. Mavrogianni A., Wilkinson P., Davies M., Biddulph P., Oikonomou E. Building characteristics as determinants of propensity to high indoor summer temperatures in London dwellings. Build Environ 2012, 55:117-130.
28. Gupta R., Gregg M. Using UK climate change projections to adapt existing English homes for a warming climate. Build Environ 2012, 55:20-42.
29. Porritt S.M., Cropper P.C., Shao L., Goodier C.I. Heat wave adaptations for UK dwellings and development of a retrofit toolkit. Int J Disaster Resil Built Environ 2013, 4:269-286.
30. Porritt S.M., Cropper P.C., Shao L., Goodier C.I. Ranking of interventions to reduce dwelling overheating during heat waves. Energy Build 2012, 55:16-27.
31. Lee W.V., Steemers K. Accounting for exposure duration in overheating risk assessment-A Chicago retrofit case study. ASHRAE 2013 Annual Conference 2013, ASHRAE, Denver, p. DE-13-C001.
32. Lomas K, Kane T. Summertime temperatures in 282 UK homes: thermal comfort and overheating risk. Proceedings of 7th windsor Conference: The changing context of comfort in an unpredictable world 2012.
33. Anderson M., Carmichael C., Murray V., Dengel A., Swainson M. Defining indoor heat thresholds for health in the UK. Perspect Public Health 2013, 133:158-164.
34. IPCC Summary for policymakers. Climate change 2013: the physical science basis. Contribution of working group I to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change 2013, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge. T.F. Stocker, D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung (Eds.).
35. EPA Climate change indicators in the United States, 2014 third edition 2014, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
36. Nicholls R.J., Cazenave A. Sea-level rise and its impact on coastal zones. Science 2010, 328:1517-1520.
37. Mousavi M.E., Irish J.L., Frey A.E., Olivera F., Edge B.L. Global warming and hurricanes: the potential impact of hurricane intensification and sea level rise on coastal flooding. Clim Change 2011, 104:575-597.
38. Tebaldi C., Strauss B.H., Zervas C.E. Modelling sea level rise impacts on storm surges along US coasts. Environ Res Lett 2012, 7:014032.
39. IOM Damp indoor spaces and health, institute of medicine, national academy of sciences 2004, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
40. Fisk W.J., Lei-Gomez Q., Mendell M.J. Meta-analyses of the associations of respiratory health effects with dampness and mold in homes. Indoor Air 2007, 17:284-295.
41. Mendell M.J., Mirer A.G., Cheung K., Tong M., Douwes J. Respiratory and allergic health effects of dampness, mold, and dampness-related agents: a review of the epidemiologic evidence. Environ Health Perspect 2011, 119:748-756.
42. Fisk W.J., Eliseeva E., Mendell M.J. Association of residential dampness and mold with respiratory tract infections and bronchitis: a meta-analysis. Environ Health 2010, 9:72.
43. Mudarri D., Fisk W.J. Public health and economic impact of dampness and mold. Indoor Air 2007, 17:226-235.
44. Fisk W.J., Black D., Brunner G. Benefits and costs of improved IEQ in offices. Indoor Air 2011, 21:357-367.
45. Sahakian N., Park J.H., Cox-Ganser J. Respiratory morbidity and medical visits associated with dampness and air-conditioning in offices and homes. Indoor Air 2009, 19:58-67.
46. Lstiburek J.W. Understanding drainage planes. ASHRAE J 2006, 48:30-35.
47. Lstiburek J.W., Carmody J. Moisture control handbook: principles and practices for residential and small commercial buildings 1993, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
48. Carll C. Rainwater intrusion in light-frame building walls. Proceedings of the 2nd annual conference on durability and disaster mitigation in wood-frame housing November 2000, 6-8.
49. Spracklen D.V., Mickley L.J., Logan J.A., Hudman R.C., Yevich R., Flannigan M.D., et al. Impacts of climate change from 2000 to 2050 on wildfire activity and carbonaceous aerosol concentrations in the western United States. JGeophys Res-Atmos 2009, 114.
50. Dawson J.P., Bloomer B.J., Winner D.A., Weaver C.P. Understanding the meteorological drivers of US particulate matter concentrations in a changing climate. Bull Am Meteorol Soc 2014, 95:521-532.
51. Kirtman B., Power S.B., Adedoyin J.A., Bore G.J., Bojariu R., Camilloni I., et al. Near-term climate change: projections and predictability. Climate change 2013: the physical science basis contribution of working group I to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change 2014, Cambride University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. T.F. Stocker, D. Qin, G.-K. Plattner, M. Tignor, S.K. Allen, J. Boschung (Eds.).
52. Delfino R.J., Brummel S., Wu J., Stern H., Ostro B., Lipsett M., et al. The relationship of respiratory and cardiovascular hospital admissions to the southern California wildfires of 2003. Occup Environ Med 2009, 66:189-197.
53. Wu J., Winer A.M., Delfino R.J. Exposure assessment of particulate matter air pollution before, during, and after the 2003 Southern California wildfires. Atmos Environ 2006, 40:3333-3348.
54. Künzli N., Avol J.W., Gauderman W.J., Rappaport J.M., Bennion J., McConnell R., et al. Health effects of the 2003 southern California wildfires on children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2006, 174:1221.
55. Na K., Cocker D.R. Fine organic particle, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde concentrations under and after the influence of fire activity in the atmosphere of riverside, California. Environ Res 2008, 108:7-14.
56. Finlay S.E., Moffat A., Gazzard R., Baker D., Murray V. Health impacts of wildfires. PLoS Curr 2012, 4.
57. Jayachandran S. Air quality and early-life mortality evidence from Indonesia's wildfires. JHum Resour 2009, 44:916-954.
58. Frankenberg E., McKee D., Thomas D. Health consequences of forest fires in Indonesia. Demography 2005, 42:109-129.
59. EPA. National ambient air quality standards (NAAQS).: United States Environmental Protection Agency Available from: [accessed November 2014]. http://www.epa.gov/air/criteria.html.
60. Vedal S., Dutton S.J. Wildfire air pollution and daily mortality in a large urban area. Environ Res 2006, 102:29-35.
61. Moore D., Copes R., Fisk R., Joy R., Chan K., Brauer M. Population health effects of air quality changes due to forest fires in British Columbia in 2003. Can J Public Health 2006, 97:105-108.
62. Sastry N. Forest fires, air pollution, and mortality in Southeast Asia. Demography 2002, 39:1-23.
63. Bennett D., Koutrakis P. Determining the infiltration of outdoor particles in the indoor environment using a dynamic model. JAerosol Sci 2006, 37:766-785.
64. Riley W.J., McKone T.E., Lai A.C., Nazaroff W.W. Indoor particulate matter of outdoor origin: importance of size-dependent removal mechanisms. Environ Sci Technol 2002, 36:200-207.
65. Klepeis N.E., Nelson W.C., Ott W.R., Robinson J.P., Tsang A.M., Switzer P., et al. The national human activity pattern survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants. JExpo Analysis Environ Epidemiol 2001, 11:231-252.
66. Leech J.A., Nelson W.C., Burnett R.T., Aaron S., Raizenne M.E. It's about time: a comparison of Canadian and American time-activity patterns. JExpo Analysis Environ Epidemiol 2002, 12:427-432.
67. Schweizer C., Edwards R.D., Bayer-Oglesby L., Gauderman W.J., Ilacqua V., Jantunen M.J., et al. Indoor time-microenvironment-activity patterns in seven regions of Europe. JExpo Sci Environ Epidemiol 2006, 17:170-181.
68. Weschler C.J. Ozone's impact on public health: contributions from indoor exposures to ozone and products of ozone-initiated chemistry. Environ Health Perspect 2006, 114:1489-1496.
69. Pope C.A., Dockery D.W. Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect. JAir Waste Manag Assoc 2006, 56:709-742.
70. Bell M.L., Ebisu K., Peng R.D., Dominici F. Adverse health effects of particulate air pollution modification by air conditioning. Epidemiology 2009, 20:682-686.
71. Fisk W.J., Faulkner D., Palonen J., Seppanen O. Performance and costs of particle air filtration technologies. Indoor Air 2002, 12:223-234.
72. Fisk W.J. Health benefits of particle filtration. Indoor Air 2013, 23:357-368.
73. Kelly J., Makar P., Plummer D. Projections of mid-century summer air-quality for North America: effects of changes in climate and precursor emissions. Atmos Chem Phys Discuss 2012, 12.
74. Levy J.I., Carrothers T.J., Tuomisto J.T., Hammitt J.K., Evans J.S. Assessing the public health benefits of reduced ozone concentrations. Environ Health Perspect 2001, 109:1215.
75. Levy J.I., Chemerynski S.M., Sarnat J.A. Ozone exposure and mortality: an empiric bayes metaregression analysis. Epidemiology 2005, 16:458-468.
76. Bell M.L., Peng R.D., Dominici F. The exposure-response curve for ozone and risk of mortality and the adequacy of current ozone regulations. Environ Health Perspect 2006, 114:532-536.
77. Lim S.S., Vos T., Flaxman A.D., Danaei G., Shibuya K., Adair-Rohani H., et al. Acomparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2010. Lancet 2012, 380:2224-2260.
78. Bernstein J.A., Alexis N., Barnes C., Bernstein I.L., Bernstein J.A., Nel A., et al. Health effects of air pollution. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004, 114:1116-1123.
79. Medina-Ramón M., Schwartz J. Who is more vulnerable to die from ozone air pollution?. Epidemiology 2008, 19:672-679.
80. Stafoggia M., Forastiere F., Faustini A., Biggeri A., Bisanti L., Cadum E., et al. Susceptibility factors to ozone-related mortality: a population-based case-crossover analysis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2010, 182:376-384.
81. Zanobetti A., Schwartz J. Ozone and survival in four cohorts with potentially predisposing diseases. Am J Respir Crit care Med 2011, 184:836-841.
82. Smith R.L., Xu B., Switzer P. Reassessing the relationship between ozone and short-term mortality in U.S. urban communities. Inhal Toxicol 2009, 21(Suppl.2):37-61.
83. Bell M.L., Dominici F. Effect modification by community characteristics on the short-term effects of ozone exposure and mortality in 98 US communities. Am J Epidemiol 2008, 167:986-997.
84. Orru H., Andersson C., Ebi K.L., Langner J., Astrom C., Forsberg B. Impact of climate change on ozone-related mortality and morbidity in Europe. Eur Respir J 2013, 41:285-294.
85. West J.J., Szopa S., Hauglustaine D.A. Human mortality effects of future concentrations of tropospheric ozone. Comptes Rendus Geosci 2007, 339:775-783.
86. Weschler C.J. Ozone in indoor environments: concentration and chemistry. Indoor Air 2000, 10:269-288.
87. Mendell M.J., Smith A.H. Consistent pattern of elevated symptoms in air-conditioned office buildings: a reanalysis of epidemiologic studies. Am J Public Health 1990, 80:1193-1199.
88. Seppänen O., Fisk W.J. Association of ventilation system type with SBS symptoms in office workers. Indoor Air 2002, 12:98-112.
89. Spengler J.D., Neas L., Nakai S., Dockery D.W., Speizer F.E., Ware J.H., et al. Respiratory symptoms and housing characteristics. Indoor Air 1994, 4:72-82.
90. Chen C., Zhao B., Weschler C.J. Assessing the influence of indoor exposure to "outdoor ozone" on the relationship between ozone and short-term mortality in U.S. communities. Environ Health Perspect 2012, 120:235-240.
91. Lee P., Davidson J. Evaluation of activated carbon filters for removal of ozone at the ppb level. Am Industrial Hyg Assoc J 1999, 60:589-600.
92. Weschler C.J., Shields H.C., Naik D.V. Ozone-removal efficiencies of activated carbon filters after more than three years of continuous service. ASHRAE Trans 1994, 100:1121-1129.
93. Beko G., Clausen G., Weschler C.J. Sensory pollution from bag filters, carbon filters and combinations. Indoor Air 2008, 18:27-36.
94. Bekö G., Fadeyi M.O., Clausen G., Weschler C.J. Sensory pollution from bag-type fiberglass ventilation filters: conventional filter compared with filters containing various amounts of activated carbon. Build Environ 2009, 44:2114-2120.
95. Kunkel D.A., Gall E.T., Siegel J.A., Novoselac A., Morrison G.C., Corsi R.L. Passive reduction of human exposure to indoor ozone. Build Environ 2010, 45:445-452.
96. Gall E.T., Corsi R.L., Siegel J.A. Barriers and opportunities for passive removal of indoor ozone. Atmos Environ 2011, 45:3338-3341.
97. Cros C.J., Morrison G.C., Siegel J.A., Corsi R.L. Long-term performance of passive materials for removal of ozone from indoor air. Indoor Air 2012, 22:43-53.
98. Bell M.L., Goldberg R., Hogrefe C., Kinney P.L., Knowlton K., Lynn B., et al. Climate change, ambient ozone, and health in 50 US cities. Clim Change 2007, 82:61-76.
99. Chang H.H., Zhou J., Fuentes M. Impact of climate change on ambient ozone level and mortality in southeastern United States. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2010, 7:2866-2880.
100. Knowlton K., Rosenthal J.E., Hogrefe C., Lynn B., Gaffin S., Goldberg R., et al. Assessing ozone-related health impacts under a changing climate. Environ Health Perspect 2004, 112:1557-1563.
101. Physick W., Cope M., Lee S. The impact of climate change on ozone-related mortality in Sydney. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2014, 11:1034-1048.
102. Sheffield P.E., Knowlton K., Carr J.L., Kinney P.L. Modeling of regional climate change effects on ground-level ozone and childhood asthma. Am J Prev Med 2011, 41:251-257. quiz A3.
103. Tagaris E., Liao K.-J., DeLucia A.J., Deck L., Amar P., Russell A.G. Potential impact of climate change on air pollution-related human health effects. Environ Sci Technol 2009, 43:4979-4988.
104. Department of Energy. The 2010 Building Energy Data Book. Washington, D.C. [accessed December 2014]. http://buildingsdatabook.eren.doe.gov/ChapterIntro1.aspx?1#4.
105. European Commission. Research and innovation, key enabling technologies. [accessed December 2014]. http://ec.europa.eu/research/industrial_technologies/eeb-challenges-ahead_en.html.
106. Crump C., Macmillan A., Swainson M. Indoor air qualit in energy efficient homes - a review 2009, IHS BRE Press, United Kingdom.
107. Shrubsole C., Macmillan A., Davies M., May N. 100 Unintended consequences of policies to improve the energy efficiency of the UK housing stock. Indoor Built Environ 2014, 23:340-352.
108. Davies M., Oreszczyn T. The unintended consequences of decarbonising the built environment: a UK case study. Energy Build 2012, 46:80-85.
109. Weschler C., Shields H.C., Naik D.V. Indoor ozone exposures. JAir Pollut Control Assoc 1989, 39:1562-1568.
110. Dutton S.M., Banks D., Brunswick S.L., Fisk W.J. Health and economic implications of natural ventilation in offices. Build Environ 2013, 67:34-45.
111. Fisk W.J., Mirer A.G., Mendell M.J. Quantitative relationship of sick building syndrome symptoms with ventilation rates. Indoor Air 2009, 19:159-165.
112. Sundell J., Levin H., Nazaroff W.W., Cain W.S., Fisk W.J., Grimsrud D.T., et al. Ventilation rates and health: multidisciplinary review of the scientific literature. Indoor Air 2011, 21:191-204.
113. Milner J., Shrubsole C., Das P., Jones B., Ridley I., Chalabi Z., et al. Home energy efficiency and radon related risk of lung cancer: modelling study. BMJ Br Med J 2014, 348:f7493.
114. Arlian L.G., Neal J.S., Morgan M.S., Vyszenski-Moher D.L., Rapp C.M., Alexander A.K. Reducing relative humidity is a practical way to control dust mites and their allergens in homes in temperate climates. JAllergy Clin Immunol 2001, 107:99-104.
115. Arlian L.G., Neal J.S., Vyszenski-Moher D.L. Reducing relative humidity to control the house dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae. JAllergy Clin Immunol 1999, 104:852-856.
116. Harving H., Korsgaard J., Dahl R. House-dust mites and associated environmental conditions in Danish homes. Allergy 1993, 48:106-109.
117. IOM Clearing the air: asthma and indoor air exposures 2000, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.
118. Salthammer T., Fuhrmann F., Kaufhold S., Meyer B., Schwarz A. Effects of climatic parameters on formaldehyde concentrations in indoor air. Indoor Air 1995, 5:120-128.
119. Hirst E., White D., Goeltz R. Indoor temperature changes in retrofit homes. Energy 1985, 10:861-870.
120. Chapman R., Howden-Chapman P., Viggers H., O'dea D., Kennedy M. Retrofitting houses with insulation: a cost-benefit analysis of a randomised community trial. JEpidemiol Community Health 2009, 63:271-277.
121. Howden-Chapman P., Matheson A., Crane J., Viggers H., Cunningham M., Blakely T., et al. Effect of insulating existing houses on health inequality: cluster randomised study in the community. Br Med J 2007, 334:460.
122. Offermann F.J. Ventilation and indoor air quality in new homes 2009, CEC-500-2009-085, California Energy Commission and Californa Environmental Protection Agency, Sacramento, CA.