1st Edition

Building Health and Wellbeing

Edited By Stephen Emmitt Copyright 2024
260 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 45 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book focuses on the relationship between buildings and our health and wellbeing, and by extension our quality of life. Expanding on the 50th anniversary Special Issue of Building Research & Information (BRI), which was dedicated to health and wellbeing, articles have been extended and updated to complement contributions from new authors. Building Health and Wellbeing covers design... Read more

Series Preface

Introduction

1. Exploring the concept of a healthy office and healthy employees

Melina Forooraghi, Antonio Cobaleda-Cordero & Maral Babapour Chafi

2. The productivity of office occupants in relation to the thermal environment

Jaime Soto Muñoz, et. al

3. Use of portable air purifiers, occupant behaviour and indoor air quality in homes in three European cities

Elizabeth Cooper, et al.

4. Hospitalized patients’ adaption strategies and how they influence their environmental comfort

Sara Willems, Dirk Saelens and Ann Heylighen

5. Environmental qualities and features in mental and behavioural health environments

Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, et al.

6. Mobility, independence and spatial distance in rehabilitation centres for stroke

Maja Kevdzija and Gesine Marquardt

7. Outdoor activity-friendly environments for older adults with disabilities: A case study in China from a functioning perspective

Qing Xie and Xiaomei Yuan

8. Healthy ageing and the relationship with the built environment and design

Lina Engelen, Margie Rahmann and Ellen de Jong

9. Energy poverty, poor housing and the wellbeing of older Australians

Caroline Valente, Sara Wilkinson and Alan Morris

Conclusion

Biography

Stephen Emmitt is an architect and Professor of Architectural Practice at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath. He has also held professorial posts at Loughborough University and the Technical University of Denmark as well as a visiting professor position at Halmstad University, Sweden. He is an established author and Editor-in-Chief of Building Research & Information (BRI). Stephen’s research interests range from the management of design and design offices, architectural technologies and the performance of buildings, to how people interact with buildings.