Grantee Research Project Results
Kitchen 2.0: Design Guidance for Healthier Cooking Environments
EPA Grant Number: SU835315Title: Kitchen 2.0: Design Guidance for Healthier Cooking Environments
Investigators: Paterson, Kurtis G. , Wohlgemuth, Alex , Maggio, Jarod , Waring, Katherine , Whelan, Kelli
Current Investigators: Paterson, Kurtis G. , Peterson, Abram , Wohlgemuth, Alex , Maggio, Jarod , May, Jonathan , Whelan, Kelli , DeYoung, Mark , Ruth, Mollie , Wakeham, Travis
Institution: Michigan Technological University
EPA Project Officer: Hahn, Intaek
Phase: I
Project Period: August 15, 2012 through August 14, 2013
Project Amount: $14,950
RFA: P3 Awards: A National Student Design Competition for Sustainability Focusing on People, Prosperity and the Planet (2012) RFA Text | Recipients Lists
Research Category: Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development , P3 Awards , P3 Challenge Area - Air Quality , P3 Challenge Area - Sustainable and Healthy Communities , Sustainable and Healthy Communities
Objective:
The objective of the proposed student design project is to address challenges related to poor indoor air quality that result in the death of nearly two million people every year.
Approach:
The strategy of this proposed project is to improve indoor air quality through simple design changes in the cooking environment. This project will investigate such solutions through a cost-effective approach that incorporates field and laboratory observations, computer simulations, and participatory design.
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes of the project are a modeling design package, physical and computational, for assessing the impacts of cooking, stove use, and ventilation design on emission exposure, thus providing a platform for participatory design incorporated into sustainable development interventions. A design guidance manual will be crafted from the work herein for widespread dissemination.
Publications and Presentations:
Publications have been submitted on this project: View all 8 publications for this projectJournal Articles:
Journal Articles have been submitted on this project: View all 1 journal articles for this projectSupplemental Keywords:
built environment, cookstoves, indoor air quality, ventilation, physical modeling, computational simulations, human-centered designProgress and Final Reports:
The perspectives, information and conclusions conveyed in research project abstracts, progress reports, final reports, journal abstracts and journal publications convey the viewpoints of the principal investigator and may not represent the views and policies of ORD and EPA. Conclusions drawn by the principal investigators have not been reviewed by the Agency.