HESTIA

What is this network about? The HESTIA Network (Home Environment Solutions through Technology and Innovation for All) aims to create a new approach to home design and upgrades, integrating existing and emerging building technologies to make buildings healthy for all people, and for the environment by reducing carbon emissions. Who are we? HESTIA is a team of interdisciplinary researchers from leading UK universities, spanning engineering and architecture, environmental and atmospheric sciences, human health and the social sciences. We work closely with government and housing organisations that manage housing provision, regulation, and design, and with communities most affected by unhealthy homes to ensure that HESTIA helps to improve health for all. What will the HESTIA network do? Building community: We will build a community across academic disciplines, policy, industry, and the general public through a series of in person and online activities. We will share research, best practice, and lived-experience to create a forum to guide policy, practice, and research on housing to ensure health and equity are central considerations. Developing research potential: Working with our full range of network members, we will roadmap research and innovation priorities, and fund feasibility studies to understand the role that different engineering interventions and technologies can play in home environments to improve human and environmental health for everyone. Promoting future leaders: We will prioritise researchers in the early stage of their careers to develop future leaders who are equipped to work across different academic disciplines and sectors, as well as with the general public, to co-design and deliver housing solutions in an equitable way.