Energy efficiency and radon risks in residential housing

Peter S.K. Chi and Joseph Laquatra

Energy, 1990, vol. 15, issue 2, 81-89

Abstract: The primary purpose of this paper is to determine the effects of housing weatherization on radon levels through a multivarate analysis in which a number of radon determinants are statistically controlled. Data from 245 randomly selected representative households in nonmetropolitan counties of central and western New York State have been used for empirical analysis. The key finding is that there is no significant relation between the degree of weatherization and radon levels in the house when soil types and space-heating systems are statistically controlled. This finding, together with previously obtained empirical results, suggests that we should not decrease our energy-conservation activities because of fear of radon contamination in the home.

Date: 1990
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(90)90045-4

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