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Hypotheses, experiments, and assessment are the cornerstones of science. The application and integration of new ideas, products, and technology are what keep all scientific fields moving forward into the future. As a leader in the field of environmental health science, EH&E is relied upon by numerous clients to extend the latest research to practical applications and to develop and implement new products and methods relevant to the commercial, government, and research communities.
EH&E scientists are at the forefront of research dedicated to improved understanding of how environmental conditions indoors influence the health and well-being of building occupants. Working with collaborators in government, industry, and academics, EH&E has developed new and useful information on the determinants of environmental quality in a building and objective and subjective measures of occupant health.
For example, EH&E conducted the Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) study commissioned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The data collected and analyzed by EH&E created a benchmark against which the indoor air quality of buildings of similar types can be measured.
EH&E researchers support clients through evaluation of new mechanical systems and air cleaning devices designed to improve the comfort and health of building occupants by reducing penetration of outdoor air pollutants and improving control of pollutants emitted from indoor sources. We review engineering issues, create in-situ test situations, and make recommendations for changes and improvements.
EH&E scientists work with various clients to determine the causes and impacts of pollutant emissions from point and mobile sources on air quality and human health. EH&E’s technical experts are leaders in the area of monitoring studies, air quality modeling, exposure assessment and risk characterization for mobile and stationary sources of air pollutants. EH&E offers technical expertise that ranges from source characterization to valuation of health and environmental impacts using both conventional and state-of-the-art measurement and modeling systems.
EH&E environmental health scientists provide timely and insightful analyses of the most recent evidence on relationships of environmental factors with asthma and other respiratory illnesses. By combining expertise in epidemiology, toxicology, and exposure assessment, EH&E delivers to clients the information on respiratory disease needed to make informed decisions about the design of health studies, strengths and weaknesses of legal challenges, and best operations and maintenance practices for buildings.
Delineating the magnitude, frequency, and duration of exposure between people and hazardous agents is the core specialty of EH&E’s research and analysis team. Government agencies provide guidance on exposure and risk assessment methods that while useful in many contexts, often cannot be generalized to real-world situations encountered in commercial real estate, healthcare, and residential settings. EH&E’s ability to adapt accepted methods to novel circumstances based on carefully reasoned and defensible scientific approaches is valued by our client base.
Good environmental policy is based on economic analysis, risk analysis and rigorous science. EH&E has provided extensive support to evaluate policy alternatives and metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of policy decisions. EH&E’s experience includes projects that determined the feasibility of standards and guidelines relative to indoor environmental quality, as well as economic analysis of various benchmark standards.
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