Health and wellness in the built environment is a trending and important topic. We spend on average 90% of our time inside and a majority of businesses spend 90% of their costs on people. Creating a healthy, productive building is critical. So what is a healthy building? What does designing and building a healthy environment mean?
In this workshop, attendees will go beyond the typical conversations on health in the built environment to explore how to create healthy environments for people, communities, and ecosystems. Health and wellness
are complex and multi-faceted topics. To be truly healthy, we must address our mental, emotional, and psychological health as well as our physical health. As interconnected social beings, this means addressing not just the person, but the community and the ecosystem as well.
Through engaging presentations, inspiring case studies, and opportunities for open dialogue, participants will develop a robust understanding of how the built environment affects health at multiple levels. Participants will also learn strategies how things like healthy materials, community building, and biophilic design can be used comprehensively and in concert to create enriching environments in which our whole selves, our communities, and the natural world thrive.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES- Learn how the human health movement connects to broader ecosystem health
- Acquire the knowledge to advocate for manufacturing and product selection that boosts human and environmental health
- Learn how building design, including biophilic design, can influence and support human health and productivity
- Investigate the different scales of design - personal, community, and ecosystem - and identify opportunities for leveraging them to contribute to a healthy, thriving environment
CONTINUING EDUCATIONThis summit has been approved for the following continuing education credits:
