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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337496003321

Autore

Dovjak Mateja

Titolo

Creating Healthy and Sustainable Buildings [[electronic resource] ] : An Assessment of Health Risk Factors / / by Mateja Dovjak, Andreja Kukec

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Springer Nature, 2019

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-19412-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 160 p. 15 illus., 10 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Medical research

Sustainable architecture

Quality of life

Quality of Life Research

Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Health outcomes related to built environment -- Chapter 3. Identification of health risk factors and their parameters -- Chapter 4. Interactions among health risk factors and decision making process.

Sommario/riassunto

The open access book discusses human health and wellbeing within the context of built environments. It provides a comprehensive overview of relevant sources of literature and user complaints that clearly demonstrate the consequences of lack of attention to health in current building design and planning. Current designing of energy-efficient buildings is mainly focused on looking at energy problems and not on addressing health. Therefore, even green buildings that place environmental aspects above health issues can be uncomfortable and unhealthy, and can lead to public health problems. The authors identify many health risk factors and their parameters, and the interactions among risk factors and building design elements. They point to the need for public health specialists, engineers and planners to come together and review built environments for human wellbeing and



environmental sustainability. The authors therefore present a tool for holistic decision-making processes, leading to short- and long-term benefits for people and their environment.