Assessment of building policies' effect on dampness and asthma in Europe

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Scope

Purpose

What are the effects of different building policies on dampness and asthma prevalence in Europe?

Boundaries etc.

Boundaries, scenarios, intended users, and participants are the same as in the Mega case study.

Definition

Decision variables
Other variables
Indicators

R code for detailed analysis

BP <- op_baseGetData("opasnet_base", "Op_en4068")
asthma <- op_baseGetData("opasnet_base", "Op_en4723")
BParray <- DataframeToArray(BP)
asthmaxBP <- IntArray(asthma, BParray, "Successful")
array <- DataframeToArray(asthmaxBP)
gmean <- function(x) exp(mean(log(x[is.na(x)==FALSE])))
final <- apply(array, c(6,8,7,3), mean, na.rm=TRUE)
final <- apply(final, c(1,2,3), sum, na.rm=TRUE)
final <- final[,"1",]-final[,"0",]
finaldf <- as.data.frame(as.table(final))
barplot(matrix(finaldf[,"Freq"],4,4), beside=TRUE, names.arg=c("Behavioral changes", "EPBD 2008", "More eff. urb. structures", "More renewables"))
#levels(finaldf[,"policy"]))
#final <- data.frame(Policy=rep(levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"])), each=2), Successful=rep(c(1,0),4), 
#	Mean=c(mean(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[1]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==1,"Result"]), 
#	mean(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[1]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==0,"Result"]),
#	mean(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[2]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==1,"Result"]),
#	mean(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[2]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==0,"Result"]),
#	mean(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[3]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==1,"Result"]), 
#	mean(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[3]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==0,"Result"]),
#	mean(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[4]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==1,"Result"]), 
#	mean(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[4]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==0,"Result"])),
#	GMean=c(exp(mean(log(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[1]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==1,"Result"]))), 
#	exp(mean(log(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[1]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==0,"Result"]))),
#	exp(mean(log(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[2]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==1,"Result"]))),
#	exp(mean(log(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[2]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==0,"Result"]))),
#	exp(mean(log(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[3]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==1,"Result"]))), 
#	exp(mean(log(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[3]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==0,"Result"]))),
#	exp(mean(log(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[4]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==1,"Result"]))), 
#	exp(mean(log(asthmaxBP[asthmaxBP[,"policy"]==levels(factor(asthmaxBP[,"policy"]))[4]&asthmaxBP[,"Successful"]==0,"Result"])))))
#barplot(final[,4])

Result

Asthma incidence increase due to building dampness in Europe: Show results

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See also

Keywords

Dampness, indoor air, asthma, Europe

References