A Paradigm Shift to Combat Indoor Respiratory Infection: Building Ventilation Systems Must Improve
COVID-19, Healthy BuildingsWe joined an international team of experts in authoring a report to suggest that the rapid growth in our understanding of the mechanisms behind respiratory infection transmission should drive a paradigm shift in how we view and address the transmission of respiratory infections to protect against unnecessary suffering and economic losses.
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3 Key Takeaways from New Study on Building Electrification – Introducing the Falcon Curve
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Impacts of Indoor Air Quality on Cognitive Function
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The Lancet Commission on lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic
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Inefficient Building Electrification Will Require Massive Buildout of Renewable Energy and Seasonal Energy Storage
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Let’s Clear The Air On COVID
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Let’s Clear the Air: An OSTP Discussion on COVID and Clean Indoor Air
COVID-19, Healthy Buildings View ArticleWhat is a Healthy Building?
In the simplest of terms, a healthy building is one with an indoor environment that is optimized to positively impact the health, well-being and productivity of its occupants. To achieve this, buildings must strive to meet a number of foundational criteria – nine, to be specific, – which cover everything from ventilation and air quality to lighting, views and physical security.
But ultimately, the bigger question isn’t around what makes a building healthy – it’s about the impact healthy buildings can have on the world. Whether in homes, schools or offices, the way we design, maintain and operate buildings can either aid or harm our health. The concept of healthy buildings focuses on the effects of built environments on both individual and public health, and the role they can play in addressing some of our most pressing global challenges.
Learn MoreThe 9 Foundations of a Healthy Building
Wondering what it takes to make a healthy building? It starts with a few simple criteria. Created by Harvard’s healthy building experts, the 9 Foundations of a Healthy Building outlines health performance indicators, offering a clear and actionable distillation of the core elements of healthy indoor environments.
