Winter in Europe 2022–2023 - Concerns About The Effects of The Energy Crisis On Indoor Environmental Quality and Public Health

The fall of 2022 finds the old continent in a highly problematic economic and political context. The effects of the covid pandemic have not yet been overcome, but new problems generated by an armed conflict in Europe and a harsh climate context have been added. European political leaders are stuck on topics related to saving resources and the economic survival of their own countries. The economic and social measures suggested by the political class under the pressure of the approaching winter risk generate effects on the population's health with more devastating long-term results than the covid pandemic. Reducing electricity consumption at any cost, reducing water consumption, and adjusting the thermal comfort parameters in dwellings on a large scale can affect the population's health and lead to subsequent costs that are difficult to estimate. This paper tries to analyze this context and identify a method for evaluating the effects on indoor environmental quality.