Thursday / July 09, 2015 / 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Health Positive – Promoting Health Through Design
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects, 130 East Randolph Street, Suite 1850
“Positive health” has re-emerged as a major design driver. Reaching far beyond life safety considerations, this presentation by ESA will address current ideas and trends that have the potential to reframe our conversations with peers, project teams, clients. From materials selection through active design, using health as a framework can help justify and expedite the pursuit of sustainable design while also adding a long missing and much need dimension of sustainability – sustainability of ourselves and our communities. The recently released WELL Building Standard, geared exclusively towards occupant health and well-being, along with relevant aspects of LEED v4 and the Living Building Challenge will be touched upon.
