Welcome to the June & July 2023 HEICCAM Newsletter!
 

We have just returned from two immensely inspiring days at the Clean Air Networks Conference 2023 that was kindly hosted by the University of Birmingham at Edgbaston Park Hotel. Grab a cuppa and let me take you through the exciting whirlwind of these two days!

On Wednesday, 5th July the conference opened with the Martin Williams Lecture on 'The past, present, and future prospects for air quality management and health in the UK', delivered by Roy Harrison, before an introduction to all eight Clean Air Networks, represented by their PI's, including Ruth Doherty for HEICCAM. We then had to make the difficult choice which of the upcoming parallel sessions to attend in the afternoon. HEICCAM members Amber Yeoman, Phil Symonds, Lia Chatzidiakou, Lauren Ferguson, Malina Modlich, Alejandro Moreno-Rangel, Sumil Thakrar, Mark Miller, and Zongbo Shi all held talks or chaired sessions on Wednesday. Afterwards, we came together in a plenary session to reflect on the day and discuss our ideas and insights, before being treated to a delicious vegetarian dinner.

On Thursday, 6th July we were launched into day 2 of the conference by Anna Hansell, who gave a moving and inspiring lecture on 'The need for action and engagement in science' in memory of the late Paul Wilkinson, a valued colleague and driving force within the HEICCAM network who passed away last year. We then once more split up into different parallel sessions, a number of which were presented or chaired by HEICCAM members Miranda Loh, Connor Smith, Ruth Doherty, and Douglas Booker. To close the conference, we came together to reflect on and discuss the value of the networks and generate ideas for how we could ensure a lasting legacy of our work.



 

Building Centre Retrofit Exhibition and Talks

The Building Centre in London are running an exhibition ‘Retrofit 23: Towards a Deep Retrofit of Homes at Scale’. The exhibition ‘looks at how we achieve residential retrofitting at scale and focuses on how improving the performance of a home brings economic, social, and environmental benefits’, and will run until 29th September 2023 In addition to the displays, there are a series of both online and in-person free talks (throughout June, July and September) concerning topics such as retrofitting historic homes, reflecting on retrofit performance over ten years, and breathable insulation and healthy air quality. You can find information about the exhibition here and the talks here.  

 

Call for Papers: Special Edition on Health Inequalities and Indoor Environments

Anna Mavrogianni (HEICCAM) and Marcella Ucci are guest-editing a Special Edition of Buildings & Cities centred around the topic of Health Inequalities and Indoor Environments. They welcome multi- and trans-disciplinary perspectives that offer an in-depth understanding of complex sociotechnical dynamics that drive inequalities and inequities in the built environment, whilst maintaining a robust foundation in engineering-led indoor environment science. Contributions should enable fundamental advances in the scientific understanding of: 

• the main factors affecting inequalities and inequities in indoor environmental exposures, and their effects on human health and wellbeing, under a changing climate 

• systems for identifying and monitoring areas of high risk 

• optimum pathways and policies to create healthy, safe indoor environments for all 

Please see here for full details. The deadline for abstract submission is 12th July, 2023. 

Atmospheric Science Letters Special Editions:

Recent publications by network members:

If you are publishing work that you think the rest of the network may be interested in, please feel free to send us a link once it is available online!