Open House International: Volume 35 Issue 2

Editorial

Evert Hasselaar

What can a special issue on sustainable and healthy housing contribute to the widespread ongoing debate? Well, there is a need for good examples, for successful strategies and for…

Teaching Environmental Sustainability to Higher Education Students: Some Reflections

Laure Itard, Maartje van den Bogaard

This paper deals with teaching environmental sustainability to students in higher education, focusing on the sustainability of buildings and the built environment and more…

Towards Sustainable Urban Renewal in the Netherlands

Frank Wassenberg

Cities and the neighbourhoods within are dynamic and change continuously. Vital neighbourhoods can cope with changing circumstances like outdated use, changing household…

Community Strategies for Energy Efficiency Successful Examples from Austria

Inge Strassl

The responsible politician for environment in Vorarlberg spoke at the Energy Gala in November 2002 in Bregenz and said: “It is necessary not only to discuss central regulations…

Cooperative Refurbishment Inclusion of Occupants and other Stakeholders in Sustainable Refurbishment Processes in Multi-Floor Residential Buildings

Jürgen Suschek-Berger, Michael Ornetzeder

This article deals with the increasing demand for participation in sustainable refurbishment projects. Based on a recently finished study and some conceptual considerations we…

Adoption of Highly Energy-Efficient Renovation Concepts

Erwin Mlecnik

More significant reductions in residential primary energy consumption and in space heating in particular, can contribute to achieving climate change and energy efficiency…

London Housing and Climate Change: Impact on Comfort and Health - Preliminary Results of a Summer Overheating Study

A. Mavrogianni, M. Davies, P. Wilkinson, A. Pathan

Climate change presents potential increased threats to the comfort and health of urban populations as a result of higher summer temperatures. This paper reviews recent research on…

Shifting the Focus From Defects to the Effect of Defects

David Ormandy

After ten years of development, the English government adopted the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) as the prescribed method for assessing housing conditions. Prior…

Socio-Environmental Dimensions of Private Outdoor Spaces in Contemporary Palestinian Housing

Muhannad Haj Hussein, Aline Barlet, Catherine Semidor

Traditionally, in Palestine, outdoor spaces played a crucial role in organizing and improving the living quality of the living units, while this important role in modern housing…

Editorial Evaluation - Henk Visscher

Henk Visscher

From whatever perspective we look upon the sustainability and health quality of housing, the quality improvement of the housing stock will be of major importance. To achieve the…