Healthy Buildings

Joseph G. Allen, John D. Macomber

Healthy Buildings

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Healthy Buildings is a project that was created to raise public awareness of the need to invest in people's health and well-being. Any environment, be it an office or a private home, has a significant impact on our health. Healthy Buildings lays out the minimum requirements to be taken into consideration, if we want to see improvements in our health in the near future, so that changes can be made, such as improving humidity levels and controlling ventilation, as well as being careful about the materials we choose to build with. The only way to improve the situation is by becoming aware of the current problems and working to resolve them. 

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Analysis and key concepts

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People’s health and wellbeing is closely linked to the environment they live in

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The environments we spend our time in can have a positive or negative influence on our intellectual abilities

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Humans are the main obstacles to creating healthy buildings

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Creating a strategy to have healthy buildings

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The key principles of the “Healthy Buildings” program

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Health and wellbeing needs to become our central focus

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Take-home message

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Many useful tips to:

  • Approach the topic of sustainable construction in our living environment.
  • Become more aware of the materials used in the construction of buildings and everyday objects.
  • Understand how we can actively participate in the “Healthy Buildings Movement”.
  • Think about the future, by making small changes, starting today.

Joseph G. Allen is Professor at Harvard University, and director of the Healthy Buildings program, through which he defines strategies for creating healthy environments. Committed to disseminating the right information on the importance of creating healthy environments to live in, he is a speaker at numerous events and a consultant for many companies.

John D. Macomber teaches at Harvard Business School. Many of his studies on infrastructure in the United States and around the world have appeared in various magazines such as Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Wall Street Journal Asia, and Boston Globe.

Publishing house:

Harvard University Press

Year:

2020

Pages:

304

ISBN:

978-0674237971