Tuesday / January 23, 2018 / 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Healthy Buildings: Is It the Next Big Thing?
AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250
Have you thought about how to use building designs to positively impact the health and wellbeing of building occupants? Do you sometimes wonder what tools and research results can be leveraged to achieve this goal? Jie (Jay) Zhao, PhD, a buildings research scientist and Senior Vice President at Delos Labs, Delos, will share insights on how building sciences, health sciences and behavioral sciences can come together and be applied to shape up the next big thing through a healthy building movement.
As the pioneer of Wellness Real Estate™ and founder of the WELL Building Standard™, Delos is transforming our homes, offices, schools and other indoor environments by placing health and wellness at the center of design and construction decisions. The Delos platform includes technology, consulting, research, design and innovative solutions for the built environment – creating spaces that nurture and promote human health and well-being. Exploring the intersection between people and the built environment, Delos creates spaces that actively contribute to human health, performance and well-being by marrying the best innovations in technology, health, science, design and enterprise.
Informed by research and analysis of environmental health impacts on people, Delos has become a global leader in prescribing protocols and providing solutions to create indoor environments that can enhance the health, well-being and productivity of occupants.
