Project Funders: State of Connecticut Project Partners: New Opportunities Inc., Tohn Environmental Strategies, and Quinnipiac University Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description From 2014 to 2016, NCHH partnered with New Opportunities Inc. (Waterbury, CT), Tohn Environmental Strategies, and Quinnipiac University… More
October 9th, 2017
Smoke Alarm Study
Project Funder: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Project Partners: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and local personnel from Georgia, Virginia, Washington, Kentucky, and Oklahoma Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description In 1998, the Centers for Disease Control… More
October 9th, 2017
Healthy Housing Opportunities During Weatherization Work
Project Funder: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)/Department of Energy (DOE) Project Partners: Tohn Environmental Strategies Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description This report was a result of the Department of Energy (DOE) engaging the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) to… More
October 4th, 2017
Phoenix Healthy Homes
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: The City of Phoenix Neighborhood Services Department and the Phoenix Children’s Hospital Project Contact: Sherry Dixon, sdixon@nchh.org, 443.539.4156 Project Description This study determined whether combining asthma trigger reduction with housing structural repairs,… More
June 12th, 2017
Providence Healthy Homes
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: City of Providence and Battelle Memorial Institute Project Contact: Jill Breysse, jbreysse@nchh.org, 443.539.4155 Project Description NCHH evaluated the effectiveness of lead and other environmental and safety hazard… More
November 2nd, 2016
Cincinnati HOME Project
Project Funders: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Project Partner: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description With Dr. Bruce Lanphear of… More
November 2nd, 2016
Green Rehabilitation of Elder Apartment Treatments (GREAT)
Project Funders: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: University of Minnesota Center for Sustainable Building Research, Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership, Case Western Reserve University, Mankato Economic Development Authority Project Contact: David E. Jacobs,… More
November 2nd, 2016
Aging Gracefully in Place
Project Funder: Archstone Foundation, the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Project Partners: Community Housing Solutions of Guilford, Inc., Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton, Cathedral Square Corporation,… More