Editorial: Sustainable, Healthy Buildings &amp; Communities

Phelan, Patrick E.; Wang, Nora; Hu, Ming; Roberts, Jennifer D.

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106806

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“…The general population in North America and Europe already spent on average almost 90% of their time indoors [1] , [2] . To make things worse since COVID-19—that some believe is the pandemic that humanity deserves [3] , [4] although it can serve to drive innovations in several areas including in the built environment [5] —came along the confinement raised that percentage to as much as 100%.…”

Section: Covid-19 the Toxicity Of Construction And Building Materials...mentioning

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Introduction to advances in the toxicity of construction and building materials

Pacheco-Torgal

2022

Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials

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Introduction to advances in the toxicity of construction and building materials

Pacheco-Torgal

2022

Advances in the Toxicity of Construction and Building Materials

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“…However, for a healthy built environment and sustainable building design, interactive research is not enough, as was mentioned in the latest research by Tonne et al in 2021 [71]. In 2020, Phelan et al also emphasized that building sustainability, in terms of the building occupants' health, has not received much attention [72]. This research into residential buildings in the Lingnan area adopted an innovative and practical way to study the healthy built environment with sustainable passive design.…”

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Sustainable Passive Design for Building Performance of Healthy Built Environment in the Lingnan Area

Guo

Xiao

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Having a healthy built environment becomes increasingly important, especially under the effects of COVID-19. This paper intends to combine sustainable goals based on climate change with passive design principles to achieve a healthy built environment regarding the building performance of residential buildings. The Yuedao Residential Community in the Lingnan area was taken as an example for the research. Based on relevant standards of healthy buildings, the thermal, light, and acoustic environment requirements were determined. The methods of building performance simulation and on-site measurement were used to quantify the research object environments. Then, the outcomes were obtained based on these standards. As observed, the thermal environment’s adaptive thermal comfort level was level III. It was hot indoors, but the light and acoustic environments met the requirements. Building designs based on a built environment optimized by external shading systems aim to solve problems through building performance simulation and qualitative analysis. After optimization, the thermal environment improved. According to the literature review, this research focused on a healthy built environment with a sustainable passive design in terms of building performance. A research workflow was established that could be used for more practical research, with abundant research methods. The problems were solved to varying degrees, and the Lingnan architectural culture was preserved. Moreover, this research filled the gap in interactive research on healthy built environments with sustainable passive design regarding building performance.

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“…Residential buildings stand at the core of contemporary urban advancements according to increasing standards and requirements for healthy cities [2][3][4]. The publication of the Athens Charter in 1939 sparked extensive global deliberations on housing and health, culminating in the formulation of a 15-point guideline for a healthy housing concept by the World Health Organization in the 1990s.…”

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Research on the Design Strategies of Public Outdoor Spaces in Government Centers from a Health Perspective

Wang,

Peng,

Huang

et al. 2024

Buildings

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This study delves into an investigation of urban public outdoor spaces (POSs) from a health-oriented perspective, recognizing varied health needs encompassing physical, psychological, social, and environmental aspects. In this study, POSs of two typical government service centers (GSCs) were analyzed based on their structure, user demographics, and user satisfaction, revealing several problems with the current GSC POS designs. To address these problems, principles for GSC POS design were proposed for natural, playing, and social spaces and applied to redesign the Wuchang GSC. Firstly, through on-site surveys, questionnaire surveys, and data analysis, the existing problems in promoting residents’ health in the GSC POSs were revealed, such as the insufficient greening of natural spaces, lack of interest in playing spaces, and unreasonable design of the scale of social spaces. Based on the above analysis, a health design optimization principle based on Maslow’s theory is proposed. Firstly, improvement solutions were proposed and implemented for green spaces, such as using more diversified natural elements, zone differentiation, and landscape improvements to promote the health of users. Secondly, the leisure and sports needs of different age groups can be met simultaneously by diversifying the layout and functional settings of playing spaces. Finally, public spaces suitable for social interaction were redesigned to promote the psychological health of citizens in social activities by optimizing the scale of communication spaces. The proposed design optimization strategies for GSCs not only provide theoretical support for the healthy design of POSs but also provide useful references for the healthy development of urban public spaces.

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Editorial: Sustainable, Healthy Buildings & Communities

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Introduction to advances in the toxicity of construction and building materials

Introduction to advances in the toxicity of construction and building materials

Sustainable Passive Design for Building Performance of Healthy Built Environment in the Lingnan Area

Research on the Design Strategies of Public Outdoor Spaces in Government Centers from a Health Perspective

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