Find out how well different changes to schools and homes work in improving air quality and keeping buildings comfortable as they move towards being more environmentally friendly.
Measure the impact that air quality and high temperatures can have on children and young people's health.
Assess the costs and benefits of different building improvements to identify the best value solutions.
Understand whether these changes help reduce, or unintentionally increase, health inequalities between different groups of children and young people.
Use computer models to estimate indoor air quality and temperatures in all 65,000 schools in England, taking into account children's home environments and future climate change.
Create a virtual population representing 9.5 million children and young people to study how different environmental conditions could affect health.
Compare different building improvements and adaptation measures to identify those that provide the greatest health benefits for the cost.
Examine whether the impacts differ between children of different ages, ethnic backgrounds, health needs, and socio-economic circumstances.
This research will help identify the most effective and affordable ways to make schools and homes healthier, safer, and more comfortable. It will also show how these changes can benefit all children and young people, particularly those who may be most vulnerable to poor air quality, overheating, and the effects of climate change.
