From the course: Green Building Concepts Foundations
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Health and well-being
From the course: Green Building Concepts Foundations
Health and well-being
- You might have already heard about this emerging megatrend in the building industry: health and wellness. Many factors of the physical environment have a significant impact on our health and well-being. This varies from spaces encouraging or discouraging physical activity, hazards such as offgassing, and harmful ingredients in building materials to air quality, lighting, and acoustics. Conversation around health and buildings is now shifting from merely trying to avoid making occupants sick to designing and building and operating buildings in a way that actively supports human health and wellness. When you think about the fact that Americans spent 90% or more of their time indoors; as building professionals, how we design, build, and operate our buildings can make a difference for millions of lives. According to the WELL Building Institute, physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for mortality, accounting for three to five million deaths every year. The American…
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