Purpose / Context – To quantify the relationship between indoor temperature and blood pressure in Japanese nursing home residents. Methodology / Approach – A field study of 27 nursing homes in Japan was conducted. We meas-ured the indoor temperature of nursing homes and collected data on resident’s blood pressure via a standardised questionnaire. Facilities were...

Purpose / Context - The purpose of this study was to develop a prevention strategy against fungal attack in any residential building, which had been previously proposed and applied to conserve cultural assets using a fungal index. The strategy consisted of four stages: current status assessment, diagnosis, preventive measures, and finally confirmation of the preventive...

Purpose / Context – To analyse the association between night-time temperature in the bedroom and morning blood pressure (BP). Methodology / Approach - Data were obtained from field surveys conducted from November 2014 to March 2015 on indoor temperature, home BP, sleep, and personal attributes. One hundred and twelve participants (73 households) were classified into...

Purpose: To clarify how regional differences in residential environment impact healthy life expectancy. Methodology: Define healthy life expectancy and considered how to measure and calculate it. Calculated healthy life expectancy for 1,750 municipalities in Japan in 2005 and 2010. Results: It was confirmed that 1% of the decrease of proportion of housing constructed before 1970...

Purpose / Context - The aim of this study was to determine whether the quality of the indoor ther-mal environment during winter could increase the risk of cerebrovascular disease. Methodology / Approach - An epidemiological survey of approximately 200 elderly persons living in a cold climatic region of Japan was conducted. The survey was divided...