18th April 2018
Making 300,000 new homes a year, happy healthy places to live
What is a Healthy Home? Today, UKGBC with support from BRE and Hoare Lea launch a briefing note.
wellbeing
7th November 2017
BREEAM USA and Fitwel Announce Alignment to Promote Health and Environmental Outcomes
The two leading science-based building rating systems find common ground for users to apply for dual certifications, providing benefits for buildings and their occupants The Center for Active Design (CfAD) and BRE America have announced a crosswalk between the Fitwel Certification System and the BREEAM USA In-Use standard, developing a straightforward and cost-efficient process for … Continue reading “BREEAM USA and Fitwel Announce Alignment to Promote Health and Environmental Outcomes”
25th August 2017
The healthy relationship of Biophilic Design and Post-occupancy evaluation
The health and wellbeing of building occupants is a hot topic. It has been acknowledged that buildings have a direct impact on human wellbeing and happiness, something that is compounded by the large amount of time we spend indoors. With this growing interest has come a move to understand biophilia and its potential to improve … Continue reading “The healthy relationship of Biophilic Design and Post-occupancy evaluation”
25th September 2015
The impact of built environment on wellbeing
Research competition by BRE & UBM highlights the many ways in which our built environment shapes our health and wellbeing. Investigating the intrinsic link between physical environment and social outcomes is a growing research theme in building science. There are many examples of both positive and negative impacts of the built environment on the health … Continue reading “The impact of built environment on wellbeing”
10th October 2016
Mental Health: Health & Safety Beyond the Physical
Today, 10th October, it is World Mental Health Day, aiming to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world. At a time where 1 in 5 admit to calling in sick to avoid workplace stress and up to 30% of us would rather avoid talking to our line managers about mental health issues directly … Continue reading “Mental Health: Health & Safety Beyond the Physical”
9th May 2017
Can nature in the workplace make us fitter, happier & more productive?
The World Health Organisation expects stress related illness, such as mental health disorders and cardio-vascular disease, to be the two largest contributors to disease by 2020.
23rd March 2016
Healthy places through urban transport
Transport is both a problem and a solution for some of society’s biggest challenges including climate change, rising chronic diseases and growing healthcare expenditure. It was implicated in 3.7 million deaths from ambient air pollution in 2012 and annually results in 1.3 million deaths from road crashes.(1,2) Transportation infrastructure is also a major contributor to … Continue reading “Healthy places through urban transport”
