While sustainability rating systems for buildings have been established for nearly 20 years,
systems to specifically recognize healthy buildings are much more recent arrivals to the …

Green-building certification systems aim at improving the design and operation of buildings.
However, few detailed studies have investigated whether a green rating leads to higher …

This paper seeks to establish a framework for instantiating wellbeing in the built environment
through the lens of integrative health. Integrative health is defined as “healing-oriented …

Well-being in the built environment is a topic that features frequently in building standards
and certification schemes, in scholarly articles and in the general press. However, despite …

Civilizational challenges have questioned the status quo of energy and material
consumption by humans. From the built environment perspective, a response to these …

The combined challenges of health, comfort, climate change and energy security cross the
boundaries of traditional building disciplines. This authoritative collection, focusing mostly …

Numerous higher education (HE) institutions in the United States have created sustainability
agendas, including construction of certified sustainable buildings. More than 200 US HE …

Research has demonstrated that housing quality is a key urban intervention in reducing
health risks and improving climate resilience, addressing a key ambition of the United …

Green building design is becoming broadly adopted, with one green building standard
reporting over 3.5 billion square feet certified to date. By definition, green buildings focus on …

Purpose–This paper aims to examine the role of sustainable buildings in providing healthy
workplaces in physical and perceptual terms. Design/methodology/approach–The paper …