Purpose and goals: To give environmental health professionals an introduction to the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and the English approach to its use in enforcement.
To demonstrate software tools to help people using HHSRS
and to work out cost savings to the country from remedying individual hazards
in homes.
To publicise and distribute an interactive learning tool
for property professionals and residents to help them understand what to look
for when assessing how safe their home is.
* Participants will have a short presentation on the
English Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) and our approach to
enforcement using HHSRS. Those unfamiliar with the system can then learn more
about how it works, whilst those familiar with the system will get the
opportunity to try out a new hazard calculation tool and excess cold assessment
tool.
* Participants will be able to play with and ultimately
take away a copy of a virtual house, which they can explore and attempt to
identify the hazards found inside. This can be put on web-sites etc. to improve
awareness of hazards to health in people’s homes.
* Participants will get to try another software tool to
show how much money a country can save by taking action to reduce the risk from
hazards in their housing stock. This tool works right down to individual
hazards and dwellings, showing how much money the country saves from each
hazard improved. It also logs savings from users to give the cumulative cost
savings from a housing department’s work. The software can be used to make a
business case to obtain funds for work to reduce risks to people’s health
originating from their housing.
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