PERFECTION

"PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR HEALTH, COMFORT AND SAFETY OF THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT"

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The aim of PERFECTION is to help enable the application of new building design and technologies that improve the impact of the indoor built environment on health, comfort, feeling of safety and positive stimulation. The project concept consists of the following components: - the inventory of current standards, regulations, technologies and ongoing and recent research activities and policies related with optimal indoor environment - analysis of current indoor performance indicators and their applicability positioned within a generic framework, and identifying areas where new indicators for health and safety should be developed - experiences from use cases of building design and technologies exploiting the indicators in different building types - development of a decision support tool to guide the use of correct indicators for a given context - identification of incentives and barriers for the wide use of performance indicators - a roadmap and recommendations for building design and technologies, and support for policies - a wide dissemination of findings through an extensive expert network. The project is carried out at an EU scale and the project results will reach every EU country. More than 40 experts from over 30 countries and representing industry, academia and research were carefully selected to the PERFECTION team to ensure the needed depth and width. The network consists of experts from various domains that are in the focus of the call, such as indoor health issues, acoustics, universal design, performance metrics and tools, sustainable design and construction, etc. The PERFECTION project will organize 5 events all across Europe and will produce a quality publication - showcase of a number of case studies across all EU-27 countries, whereby the impact of innovative and well defined technologies as well as policies on specific buildings will be presented in a user friendly way.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Creating a set of indicators to measure and advance health, comfort and safety in indoor environments will increase productivity and well-being. It will also help address challenges related to energy and climate change.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

Often overlooked, the indoor environment can have an important impact on our health and well-being. The EU-funded project 'Performance indicators for health, comfort and safety of the indoor environment' (PERFECTION) aimed to facilitate the application of new technology to improve indoor environments. This in turn is expected to have a positive impact on health and comfort, promoting at the same time a feeling of safety and resulting in positive stimulation.

The project worked on developing an indicator framework and assessment tools to achieve these aims, articulating a set of health, comfort, accessibility and safety indicators that would be useful in studying indoor environments. In addition, the project team prepared two reports on these indicators, dividing them into four categories. It then worked on building a decision support tool to establish indoor performance with regards to health, comfort, security, safety and other issues that could improve the well-being of people living in, working in or visiting a building.

Key issues that PERFECTION investigated in relation to the indoor environment include temperature, ventilation, odour, particulate matter, water quality, illumination, daylight factor and acoustic comfort. After studying these considerations, the project team summarised and documented existing standards, regulations, technologies, recent research efforts and policies related to the indoor environment of buildings.

Apart from developing indoor performance indicators for health, comfort and safety, the project outlined environmental technologies that upgrade indoor performance and sustainability. It built a framework to manage the life-cycle of sustainable buildings and designed a support tool for different building types to help improve the indoor environment.

PERFECTION's key achievements included policy recommendations and good practices that outline incentives and barriers for improving building design and enhancing the quality of indoor environments. New policies in this direction can improve well-being indoors, enhance production in workplaces and increase stimulation in schools, thanks to high-quality indoor performance. Last but not least, the project's recommendations will lead to the design of more energy efficient and carbon-neutral buildings, in line with EU energy and climate objectives.