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Multifamily BuildingsCEE was also the host organization for the Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco project Clean Indoor Air in Apartments – Researching Effective Strategies. This project included in-depth owner interviews, a survey of a large sample of renters, legal research and measurements of the movement of PFTs and SHS tracers between units in apartment buildings before and after air sealing and ventilation treatments. The project produced some of the most extensive multiple fan measurements of inter-apartment air leakage and multiple tracer gas measurements of inter-apartment air transfer. It also developed a new metric of “effective contaminant transfer” which is used to define the magnitude of the transfer of a contaminant source to the monitored location. Secondhand Smoke in Apartment Buildings - Owners Survey Report Secondhand Smoke in Apartment Buildings - Renters SurveyThis survey quantifies the extent and severity of perceived problems with ETS transfer among renters, both overall and within population groups of key concern to the Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco (low income households, young adults, and minorities Particular minorities of concern to MPAAT are Black, African-American, or African; Hispanic or Chicano; American Indian or Native-American; and Southeast Asian (Cambodian, Hmong, Vietnamese, Laotian, or Thai).). It provides solid information on the marketability of smoke-free rental housing and the importance of ETS-free units to renters, both overall and by market segment. It also provides data on the distribution of reported problems with ETS transfer by building type and location within buildings. Report Legal Research Regarding Smoke-Free Buildings and Transfer of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Between Units in Smoking-Permited BuildingsTechnical legal research summarizes the status of the law with regard to designation of smoke-free buildings and taking or failing to take actions to minimize ETS transfer in smoking-permitted buildings. It examines federal and state legislation, regulations, case law, and secondary sources in the areas of landlord-tenant law, civil rights law, negligence/tort law, and nuisance and environmental rights law. The research provides the information necessary to develop a model smoke-free lease clause, and to identify changes to statutes, ordinances and regulations that would facilitate smoke-free rental housing and reductions in ETS transfer in smoking-permitted housing. Some of these files are large and may take some time to download. Reduction of Environmental Tobacco Smoke Transfer in Minnesota Multifamily Buildings Using Air Sealing and Ventilation TreatmentsThis research quantifies contaminant dispersal and air movement among units in a sample of multifamily buildings in Minnesota, using passive perfluorocarbon tracer gas techniques, multiple fan depressurization and air flow modeling, supplemented by measurements of fine particulate mass and nicotine. The work focuses on those building types found in Task 2 to have the greatest problems. After testing to diagnose the causes of unwanted air transfer, air leaks in the building structure are sealed and the ventilation system(s) are upgraded. The tests are repeated to determine the effect of the air sealing and ventilation improvements. Successful treatments are identified and associated costs quantified. Some of these files are large and may take some time to download. Report Summary Contact Dave Bohac at (612) 335-5866 for more information. |
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