Balancing and thinking holistically
There is an opportunity to think holistically and create balance – for a good life in a good environment. By reflecting on modern ways of living, we can integrate sustainability, energy efficiency and good ventilation into every indoor space.
Our lives and the environments
The evolution of human health and indoor climate
Are we the indoor people?
We spent 90% time indoors! Who said it?
Attention towards health & well-being
We need outdoor and indoor living
Find out more about our lives and the environments
The buildings, where we spend most of our time, provide protection between us and the outdoors. The design, construction, operation and maintenance of buildings can impact the air we breathe, energy consumption and our health.
We need to use various strategies, tools and elements to design and keep buildings in their best shape — now and for the future.
Ventilation, energy and environment
Smart-ready functionalities help improve occupants' comfort and buildings' energy consumption
The role of the EPBD and the SRI: How smart-ready buildings address people's needs and meet tomorrow's challenges
Using the EPBD and SRI to make indoor climate visible
Smart buildings to the rescue
Discover interlinking between ventilation, energy and environment
Sustainability, architecture and design
It all starts with a new building — with architecture and design, then comes the sustainable indoor climate.
Sustainable architecture is an eco-friendly approach to modern-day building encompassing every aspect of the planning and construction process, including: the choice of building materials; the design and implementation of heating/cooling; ventilation systems and waste systems and the integration of the built environment into the natural landscape.
Integrated design is a method for effective and sustainable building. When used throughout a building project, integrated design methods produce better buildings for both those using the building and the environment.
There is a need for practical information, data, metrics, and tools that can be incorporated into investment choices and policymaking related to sustainable, high performing building designs, technologies, standards, and codes.
Sustainability encompasses both the economics of building construction and operation as well as the environmental impacts. Evaluations are completed using a life-cycle approach and include economic performance using energy costs and environmental performance using various assesments methods.
All these and more will lead potential to the healthy environments in buildings in the future. And in forefront, there will be the implementation of technologies in the fields of energy-efficiency, indoor environment and design to achieve good indoor environment.
Dig into sustainability, architecture and design
21st Century choice: Look after our planet, and it will look after us, or don’t and face the consequences.Phil Harding, British archaeologist and TV personality