Healthy housing reference manual.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

National Center for Environmental Health (U.S.)

United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building inspection.

Housing and health.

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : digital, PDF file

Edition:

Rev. 2006.

Other Title:

Basic housing inspection.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2006.

Contents:

List of figures

List of tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations and acronyms

Definitions

Standards and organizations

Executive summary

1. Housing history and purpose

2. Basic principles of healthy housing

3. Housing regulation

4. Disease vectors and pests

5. Indoor air pollutants and toxic materials

6. Housing structure

7. Environmental barriers

8. Rural water supplies and water-quality issues

9. Plumbing

10. On-site wastewater treatment

11. Electricity

12. Heating, air conditioning, and ventilating

13. Energy efficiency

14. Residential swimming pools and spas.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on July 19, 2006).

Revision of: Basic housing inspection, published: Atlanta : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, Bureau of State Services, Environmental Health Services Division, 1976.

"Original Printing 1976, Reprinted 1988, Updated and Revised 2006."

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

70692085