Research Project Details

Project Leader: Professor Adisa Azapagic

Project Duration: June 2008 - November 2011.

Funding Value: £2.3m.

Funding Source: EPSRC SUE2 (Sustainable Urban Environment 2) Programme

Project Partners:

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine University of Sheffield UCL ARUP BIO Intelligence Service CSTB Department for Communities and Local Government Department for Health

Health Protection Agency IAQM Environment Agency Max Fordham Sheffield City Council Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council Titon, Residential Ventilation Association Veolia Environmental Services

Project Overview

The aim of the PUrE Intrawise consortium is to develop an integrated decision-support framework for more sustainable management of indoor pollution associated with the provision, conservation and use of energy in buildings. The framework will be applied to a number of case studies that will compare environmental, health and economic implications of the principal options for future home energy provision as an aid to policy development.

PUrE Intrawise builds on the PUrE project. While PUrE focused on outdoor pollution, PUrE Intrawise is concerned with indoor pollution. Its main aim is to develop an integrated decision-support framework for more sustainable management of indoor pollution associated with the provision, conservation and use of energy in buildings.

The main deliverables from the PUrE Intrawise project will be:

• A report on the current and future household energy options and related pollutants.


• A decision-support framework to enable sustainability comparisons of household energy options.


• Case studies related to energy efficiency; modal switching; and micro-generation.


• Guidance for regulation and policy for more sustainable provision and use of energy in households.

For More Information

Visit the project web site: www.pureintrawise.org.

The primary contact for this project is Professor Adisa Azapagic.

All group members involved in this project:

• Professor Adisa Azapagic
• Dr Yasantha Abeysundara U.G.
• Dr Ben Greening
• Dr Roland Sims