Health and Happiness - 13th May 2015
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M A R T I N B R O W NF A I R S N A P E
G R E E N V I S I O N U K L I V I N G B U I L D I N G C O L L A B O R A T I V E
F U T U R E S T O R A T I V EINSPIRATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A NEW SUSTAINABILITY
Towards Net-PositiveHealthy Facilities
The BBC reported today that asbestos is still present in as many as 86% UK schools.Over the last ten years, 158 teachers have died from mesothelioma.
#FOI, Industry Today, March 12th 2015
“in the late '80s, NASA & Associated Landscape Contractors of America identified several plants that filter out common volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to help clean indoor air which is typically far more polluted than outdoor air”
SALUTOGENESIS: net positive health
Focus on factors that support health and wellness …. rather than on reducing the
factors that cause health problems
Soo Downe, Martin Brown
The word "Biophilia" literally means "love of nature" and focuses on the deep affinity between humans and nature.
In 1984 Researcher Roger Ulrich found that patients whose hospital window overlooked nature recorded shorter postoperative stays, required less potent pain medication, and evaluated their nurses more positively than patients who looked onto a brick wall.
“Low-impact design as exemplified by LEED* standards rarely enhances people’s physical and mental wellbeing when it fails to address the beneficial experience of nature”
(Kellert,S. 2008) *Read BREEAM
“Interestingly, if we take a step back and look at our current standards, targets and measurements around sustainability, they are almost all concentrated on our use of energy, when in fact only 1% of a company’s outgoings are related to energy usage, while a staggering 90% are related to staffing costs”
(Oliver Heath at Ecobuild 2015).
Can we afford to continue being just less bad?
Is it not a matter of corporate social responsibility to design & build with a focus on
better, net positive health and wellbeing?
Every design, every building, a Biophilia Plan
F U T U R E S T O R A T I V EINSPIRATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A NEW SUSTAINABILITY
www.fairsnape.com/futurestorative
M A R T I N B R O W N@ F A I R S N A P E
F A I R S N A P E @ G M A I L . C O M
“It is time to think differently:Its time to Heal the Future”
131 million days were lost due to sickness absences in the UK in 2013, costing the economy
an estimated £14bn. [Sources: ons.gov.uk & CBI - Fit for purpose: Absence and workplace health survey 2013]
In a database of 34,000 post occupancy surveys about indoor environmental quality in 215 buildings, people were most dissatisfied with acoustics.[Source: The Centre for the Built Environment, University of California Berkeley]
Inactivity is now one of the biggest threats to public health, directly attributable to 9.4% of all deaths worldwide, or 3.5 million people every year. [Source: The Lancet. The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health, 2012]
Based on a typical split of business operating costs, modest gains in staff health and wellbeing can deliver significant financial savings.[Source: WGBC report on Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices, 2014]
WORLD GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, SEPT 2014
PART 1 – Evidence-base of physical office design features that impact health and wellbeing:
INDOOR AIR QUALITY
THERMAL COMFORT
DAYLIGHTING & LIGHTING
BIOPHILIA
NOISE
INTERIOR LAYOUT
LOOK & FEEL
ACTIVE DESIGN & EXERCISE
AMENITIES & LOCATION
GLOBAL (UK-LED)
BUILDING HEALTHY PLACES TOOLKIT, FEB 2015
URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
USA
Builds on 2013 work that defined Ten Principles for building healthy places:
BUILDING HEALTHY PLACES TOOLKIT, FEB 2015
URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
USA
Latest toolkit contains 21 evidence-based strategies for healthy places:
PROTOCOLS FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN DESIGN, 2014-2015
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS (ASID)
USA
Commitment under the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative: ASID plus 11 industry partners across the design and construction supply chain.
Due to be published by the end of 2015.
WELL BUILDING STANDARD, OCT 2014 USA
First industry standard to quantify and benchmark health and wellbeing features of the built environment.
Framework and criteria developed on the basis of 8 years medical research, in collaboration with key medical institutions such as the Cleveland and Mayo Clinics.
BUILDINGS FOR PEOPLE
“…the time has come to elevate human health and comfort to the forefront of building practices and reinvent buildings that are not only better for the planet – but also for people.”
Source: http://wellcertified.com/well-building-standard/overview/
KEY PARTIES
• Mission to place health and wellness at the centre of design and construction decisions
• Pioneer of the WELL Building Standard• Founder of the Wellness Real Estate and the
IWBI
• Mission to improve human health and wellbeing through the built environment
• Administers the Standard
• Delivers third-party certification services for WELL (same body that delivers LEED certification and professional credentialing in partnership with the USGBC)
PREMISE BEHIND THE CRITERIA
WELL BUILDING FEATURES
EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH AND
WELLNESS INTERVENTIONS
BEST PRACTICE DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES
NEW FOCUS COMPARED TO EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS
= % of points for heath and wellness criteria= % of remaining points
LEED v4 BREEAM LBC WELL
DESIGNED TO WORK IN TANDEM
ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN
Together, creating buildings that optimise occupant health
as well as environmental outcomes
7 WELLNESS CONCEPTS
Removal of airborne contaminants, prevention, and purification
Mind
Comfort
Fitness
Light
Nourishment
Water
Air
Filtration and treatment, as well as strategic placement
Healthy options, behavioural cues, and greater information
Circadian rhythm, window performance, and light quality
Accommodate exercise and movement in daily routines
Acoustic, thermal, olfactory and ergonomic environments
Support mental and emotional health, knowledge and awareness
RECEPTION & UPTAKE
“More than 7.7 million square feet of projects have already registered or certified through WELL”- IWBI, Jan 2015
LYFE Kitchen are planning roll out of 250 WELL Certified restaurants in the next five years
Source: http://wellcertified.com/well-building-standard/overview/ Source: Deepak Chopra, quoted in Business Wire, Dec 2013. http://bit.ly/1C3m1is
PILOT PARTICIPANTS & ONGOING REGISTERED PROJECTS
VERSION 1.0
• Published Nov 2014
• Details all WELL features optimised for commercial and institutional projects
• Defines which Preconditions and Optimisations apply to each of the three project typologies:
• New Construction Certification
• Tenant Improvement Certification
• Core and Shell Compliance
THANK YOU
[email protected]://www.arupassociates.com/en/projects/wellbeing/
'Mindfulness - Training in Tranquility and Cultivating Creativity'
Dr Elliot Cohen – Leeds Beckett University
Mindfulness Meditation
Meditation involves training and taming the mind –learning to cultivate positive mental states that lead to experiences of clarity, focus and stillness, whilst also enhancing one’s creativity and capacity to adapt to different life situations. (Cohen 2015)
The Stress Epidemic?
Disease Dis-Ease
Information overload (a problematic term)
Loss of control, meaning, purpose?
‘Human Nature’ and ‘Nature’
Recommended Reading
Goleman, D. (2003) Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. London: Bantam Press.
Hanh, T. N. (1991) The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation London: Rider.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990) Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. London: Piatkus Publishing.
Williams, M., Teasdale, J., Segal, Z., Kabat-Zin, J. (2007) The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness. London: Guilford Press.
Recommended Link:
Oxford Mindfulness Centre http://oxfordmindfulness.org/