Impacts of Weatherization on Microbial Ecology and Human Health
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This study will examine how weatherization and housing ventilation systems impact health in the context of climate change and associated microbial indoor/outdoor environments. We will evaluate 200 single-family detached dwellings (80 weatherized and 120 comparison non-weatherized homes) in high desert and marine climates to characterize geographic and climatic heterogeneity during two seasons of climate extremes (summer and winter) before and after weatherization using high-throughput DNA sequencing tools, architectural and ventilation analyses, healthy surveys and traditional metrics of Indoor Air Quality.