Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Project Partners: Indoor Climate Research and Training program at the University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign (UIUC), Tohn Environmental Strategies, Efficiency Vermont, the City of Fort Collins, the Illinois Department of Commerce and… More
August 27th, 2018
Studying the Optimal Ventilation for Environmental Indoor Air Quality (STOVE IAQ)
Project Funders: Enterprise Community Partners with generous support from the JPB Foundation, the Kresge Foundation, and the Wells Fargo Foundation. Project Partners: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, University of California San Francisco, and the University… More
October 9th, 2017
Window Replacement and Long-Term Lead Control
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: Chicago Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Watch, St. Paul-Ramsey County (MN) Public Health, Vermont Housing and Conservation Board, University of Cincinnati Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description This… More
October 9th, 2017
Evaluation of the HUD Lead Hazard Control Grant Program
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: University of Cincinnati (UC) and grant recipients in California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey; New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description In 1993, HUD… More
October 4th, 2017
Moving into Green Healthy Housing—The Yield in Reduced Medical Care Costs and Improved Health (MIGHHTY)
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health, Brinshore Development, Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) Project Contact: David E. Jacobs, djacobs@nchh.org, 443.539.4157 Project Description This study examined the health… More
October 3rd, 2017
Watts to Well-Being
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: Center for Neighborhood Technology, Action for Boston Community Development, Tohn Environmental Strategies, Enterprise Community Partners Project Contact: Jonathan Wilson, jwilson@nchh.org, 443.539.4162 Project Description Energy conservation efforts in residential structures are increasing… More
June 14th, 2017
Lead Dust and Housing Demolition
Project Funder: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Project Partners: The University of Illinois at Chicago and the Metropolitan Tenants Organization Project Contact: David E. Jacobs, djacobs@nchh.org, 443.539.4157 Project Description The study examined lead particulate dust-fall deposition generated by housing demolition… More
November 2nd, 2016
Comprehensive Lead Education and Reduction Through Window Replacement (CLEAR WIN)
Project Funder: University of Illinois at Chicago (subgrant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) Project Partners: Chicago Department of Public Health, Peoria City/County Health Department Project Contact: David E. Jacobs, djacobs@nchh.org Project Description The Comprehensive Lead… More
November 2nd, 2016
Building Assessment of Radon/Moisture Reduction with Energy Retrofits (BARRIER)
Project Funder: University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign (UIUC) (subgrant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) Project Partners: UIUC, Tohn Environmental Strategies, Camroden Associates, the Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc., Southern New Hampshire Services,… More