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Mould is considered to be one of the biggest problems that the built environment faces in terms of聽air quality and health, and is encouraged by sustained high levels of relative humidity within and聽around the building envelopes, causing degradation of the building materials, poor air quality and聽problems with respiratory health.聽Despite being an extremely common phenomenon in properties throughout the UK, it is still not聽clear how mould growth should be measured, what level of mould may be considered normal or聽acceptable and what level is abnormal or unacceptable.
聽is a pilot project that aims to carry out extensive surface and air testing in more than 100 residential properties as well as surveying and particle counting, in order to establish a methodology for mould sampling and benchmarking what is "acceptable".
The first project blog can be found聽.
Funding: 聽;听聽Impact Acceleration Award
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EpiCentre staff included:聽Yasemin Didem Aktas,听Dina D'Ayala
Other UCL staff:聽Hector Altamirano, Neil May