Building Health and Wellbeing (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Emmitt, Stephen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on the relationship between buildings and our health and wellbeing, and by extension our quality of life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000929034
• Artikelnr.: 68291400

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Exploring the concept of a healthy office and healthy
employees 2. The productivity of office occupants in relation to the
thermal environment 3. Use of portable air purifiers, occupant behaviour
and indoor air quality in homes in three European cities 4. Hospitalized
patients' adaption strategies and how they influence their environmental
comfort 5. Environmental qualities and features in mental and behavioural
health environments 6. Mobility, independence and spatial distance in
rehabilitation centres for stroke 7. Outdoor activity-friendly environments
for older adults with disabilities: A case study in China from a
functioning perspective 8. Healthy ageing and the relationship with the
built environment and design 9. Energy poverty, poor housing and the
wellbeing of older Australians. Conclusion