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Adaptive Comfort Zone
Adaptive Opportunity
adaptive-comfort theory
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Average Air Change Rates
Body Odour
BRE Environmental Assessment Method
care homes
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communal outdoor space
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Direct Sun Light
Diurnal Light Cycle
Early Night Time
Elevate Peak Temperatures
Environmental Convenience
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Light Therapy
Objective Physical Health
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Social Wellbeing
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Solar Gain
spatial thermal design
Sri
Tb Vaccination
UK Building Regulation
UK Green Building Council
Vice Versa
Healthy Homes
It is widely acknowledged that there is an urgent need to transform our housing stock to a better energy performance level. However, improving energy performance should not result in a negative impact on the health, wellbeing and the comfort of building occupants. There are many energy-neutral features that can be incorporated at small or zero cost which have a positive effect on wellbeing. This book aims to outline and discuss these aspects of building design.
The issue of health and wellbeing has already entered into design advice for the workplace, where productivity and absenteeism are often used as indicators. This book concentrates on residential buildings, notably mass housing and affordable strategies, for which new, more socially and health-oriented indicators are being developed.
- Provides practical design guidance based on scientific evidence
- Explores both physical and psychological wellbeing
- Focuses on the home and immediate domestic environment
- Structured in an accessible way for architects and designers
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Product Details
- Format: Hardback
- Dimensions: 210 x 250mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 2019
- Publisher: RIBA Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Language: English
- ISBN13: 9781859467138
About Koen SteemersNick Baker
Nick Baker is a course tutor at the Architectural Association.
While he originally studied physics he has nevertheless spent most of his
professional life working in architecture and building. His interests include energy modelling, daylight design, natural ventilation and thermal
comfort, as well as the broader field of sustainable design. He has written and
contributed to several books on these topics, including a book on Sustainable
Refurbishment partly based on material from a recent EU funded demonstration
project, where he served on the expert panel. More recently he has become
interested in the way occupants interact with buildings, and in particular, the
way their behaviour influences energy use. Now retired, for much of his career Nick was a
lecturer at Cambridge University Department of Architecture, and is a visiting lecturer and external examiner at several
other universities.
Koen Steemers is Professor of Sustainable Design in the Department of Architecture, University
of Cambridge, Professorial Fellow at Jesus College, and is a Director of the architectural
practice CH+W Design. Previously he was Head of Department
(2008-14) and Director of the Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban
Studies, the research arm of the Department of Architecture at the University
of Cambridge (2003-08). An architect and environmental design specialist, Koen
was recently listed as one of the "top 50 most influential people in UK
sustainability" by Building Design. His current work deals with the
architectural and urban implications of environmental issues ranging from energy
use to human well-being.
