Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings
Subtitle: An Assessment of Health Risk Factors
Contributors: Kukec, Andreja
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Cham
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9783030194123
Subjects: Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Social issues & processes; Personal & public health
Description: The open access book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview of relevant sources of literature and user complaints that clearly demonstrate the consequences of lack of attention to health in current building design and planning. Current designing of energy-efficient buildings is mainly focused on looking at energy problems and not on addressing health. Therefore, even green buildings that place environmental aspects above health issues can be uncomfortable and unhealthy, and can lead to public health problems. The authors identify many health risk factors and their parameters, and the interactions among risk factors and building design elements. They point to the need for public health specialists, engineers and planners to come together and review built environments for human wellbeing and environmental sustainability. The authors therefore present a tool for holistic decision-making processes, leading to short- and long-term benefits for people and their environment.
Notes: Open Access Unrestricted online access

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