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Environmental assessment of homes

Flats and houses, with particular attention to bedrooms and sleeping areas.

A home is assessed as a system: the building, its installations, its materials, ventilation, surroundings and the way it is lived in all influence one another. The scope of the assessment is defined once that whole is understood.

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About the assessment

Starting point

What we look at in a home

Before deciding what to measure, we look at what the home is like and how it is lived in.

These six variables explain why two homes in the same building may call for different assessments.

  • Use. Which rooms are occupied, when and for how long.
  • Occupancy. Who lives in the home and with what needs.
  • Materials. Finishes, furniture and products present indoors.
  • Installations. Electricity, heating and air conditioning, telecommunications and water.
  • Ventilation. Air renewal and humidity conditions.
  • Surroundings. What lies around the building and beneath it.

Where the assessment focuses

Eight consecutive hours in the same place are not the same as eight hours spread around the home.

The bedroom usually receives specific attention, because it is where reducing exposure has the most scope.

It is not the only room assessed, but it is where the balance between effort and result is most favourable: it is the room where people stay longest without interruption and, usually, the easiest to change without building work.

Scope

What is assessed most often

There is no fixed package. The prior inspection determines which factors are worth measuring in each home and which add nothing in that particular case.

Physical factorsElectric and magnetic fields, radio-frequency radiation, radioactivity, noise, vibration and light. Chemical factorsIndoor air quality, volatile organic compounds, formaldehyde, particulate matter and gases. Biological factorsMoisture, mould, yeasts, bacteria and dust mites.

Specific needs

Homes adapted to specific environmental needs

When a home needs to be adapted to the specific environmental needs of the person living in it, the assessment changes its objective: it does not only describe the condition of the property, it determines what can be changed and in what order.

Environmental adaptation of homes

Timing

When is an assessment advisable?

Before buying or rentingUnderstanding the environmental conditions of the home before making the decision. After a renovation or new furnitureWhen odours or conditions appear that were not there before. Damp, mould or a persistent problemWhen there are stains, condensation or an odour that does not go away despite repairs. When a home needs to be adapted to a personWhen someone needs their home to be adapted to specific environmental needs.

Process

How it works and what you receive

Understanding the case, inspecting the home, deciding what needs to be assessed, measuring or sampling, interpreting the results together and documenting them. The sequence is the same in any space; what changes is the scope.

See the assessment in detail

  • Results of the measurements taken, with their locations.
  • A combined technical interpretation, not factor by factor.
  • Improvement measures ranked by their expected effect on exposure.
  • A distinction between what can be solved without building work and what requires it.

Other spaces

Not a home you want assessed?

Offices and workplacesOffices, private offices and coworking spaces, including the adaptation of specific workstations. Building plots, new builds and renovationsAssessment before buying a plot of land or during the design of a building project. See all spacesThe six groups and what we look at in each.

Tell us about your home

Tell us what you have noticed and since when. We will agree the scope of the assessment and the corresponding quotation with you before it is carried out.

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