Climate Change, the Indoor Environment, and Health (2011)
Chapter: Appendix A: Public Meeting Agendas
PUBLIC MEETING
April 1, 2010
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC
1:00 p.m.
Conduct of the open session and introduction of participants
John D. Spengler, PhD
Committee Chair
1:05 p.m.
Charge to the Committee
Laura Kolb, MPH
Indoor Environments Division, US Environmental Protection Agency
1:50 p.m.
Open session ends
WORKSHOP 1
June 7, 2010
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC
11:00 a.m.
Welcome to the National Academies and the Institute of Medicine; conduct of the open session and introduction of participants
John D. Spengler, PhD
Committee Chair
11:15 a.m.
Welcome and opening remarks
Mike Flynn
Director, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, US Environmental Protection Agency
Session I—Occupant-related issues
11:35 a.m.
Climate change and public health—CDC’s perspective and research
Jeremy Hess, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Emory University Schools of Medicine and Public Health; Consultant, Global Climate Change Program, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC
12:45 p.m.
Vulnerable populations for climate change health effects
John Balbus, MD, MPH
Senior Advisor for Public Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, CDC
1:10 p.m.
Infectious disease transmission and climate change
David Fisman, MD, MPH, FRCP(C)
Associate Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, and Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
1:35 p.m.
The effects of increasing air temperature on humans
Ralph Goldman, PhD
Independent consultant
2:00 p.m.
CO2, climate change, and the aerobiology of allergenic weeds
Lewis H. Ziska, PhD
Research Plant Physiologist, Crop Systems and Global Change, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
2:25 p.m.
Roundtable discussion—session I speakers
John D. Spengler, PhD, moderator
Session II—Building-related issues
2:50 p.m.
The influence of climatic variables on building and HVAC system design and operation
Andrew K. Persily, PhD
Leader, Indoor Air Quality and Ventilation Group, Building and Fire Research Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
3:15 p.m.
Adaptation and mitigation strategies for buildings in a changed climate
Terry M. Brennan, MS
President, Camroden Associates, Inc.
3:40 p.m.
Climate change and sustainable architecture
Christoph Reinhart, PhD
Associate Professor of Architectural Technology, Department of Architecture and Group Head, Graduate School of Design–Sustainable Design [G(SD)2] Initiative, Harvard University
4:10 p.m.
Climate change and the built environment
Franklin W. Nutter, JD
President, Reinsurance Association of America
4:35 p.m.
HUD’s national surveys of lead and other residential exposures: A possible model for national IEQ surveillance?
Peter J. Ashley, DrPH
Director, Policy and Standards Division, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, Department of Housing and Urban Development
5:00 p.m.
Roundtable discussion—session II speakers
John D. Spengler, PhD, moderator
5:15 p.m.
General discussion—day’s speakers and committee members
John D. Spengler, PhD, moderator
5:30 p.m.
Workshop ends
WORKSHOP 2
July 14, 2010
Clark Kerr Campus
University of California at Berkeley
9:00 a.m.
Welcome to the Workshop; conduct of the workshop and introduction of the Committee
John D. Spengler, PhD
Committee Chair
9:15 a.m.
Climate change, energy efficiency, and IEQ research
William J. Fisk, MS
Senior Staff Scientist and Department Head, Indoor Environment Department, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
10:00 a.m.
Indoor climate and climate change—a perspective on research needs
Hal Levin, BArch
Research Architect and President, Building Ecology Research Group
11:00 a.m.
The impact of indoor air pollution sources on climate
Kirk R. Smith, PhD, MPH
Professor of Global Environmental Health, and Director of the Global Health and Environment Program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
11:45 a.m.
Climate change and human health
Kristie L. Ebi, PhD, MPH
Executive Director, Technical Support Unit, Working Group II (Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
1:00 p.m.
Roundtable discussion—committee, speakers, and observers
John D. Spengler, PhD, moderator
2:00 p.m.
Workshop ends
