Digital Twins, Smart Building Sensors, and Health in Buildings

Digital Twins, Smart Building Sensors, and Health in Buildings This Is Part I of a Two-Part Series Overview – Read Time 5-7 Minutes: In this article, the topics of building sensors (Smart Buildings) and Digital Twins will be discussed relative to occupant health in buildings.   Post-pandemic, there is certainly one aspect of buildings that almost…

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The Architectural Doctor Book Announcement

[ultimate_heading main_heading=”Announcing The Architectural Doctor Book” alignment=”left” margin_design_tab_text=””][/ultimate_heading] We’re happy to announce the Architectural Doctor book will be published in November 2022! What is an Architectural Doctor? What is the Architectural Medicine System (AMS)? What is the ARxMD — Architectural Medicine Software Solution? What is the purpose of a Healthy Building Inspector? All these topics…

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Architectural Medicine Book Announcement

UPDATE: November 11, 2020 Pre-Order now available! In order to include content focused on COVID19 topics, we’re setting the Architectural Medicine book publishing date for December 2020. — We’re happy to announce that the first Architectural Medicine book will be published in December of 2020! The new book titled “Architectural Medicine: Building the Bridge to…

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5 Things to Do at Home for Better Wellness During Coronavirus

With the Coronavirus outbreak and pandemic, more and more people are doing their part for social distancing, which means spending even more time inside. Over the past 20 years, the amount of time the average person spends inside has risen up to 90 percent each day. That’s up to 22 hours inside each day… During…

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Architectural Medicine – Why not Call it Healthy Building?

Why not Call it Healthy Building? Since Architectural Medicine has been in existence, there have been some questions as to the naming of Architectural Medicine, and questions as to why it’s not just called Healthy Building. This is an excellent question, and this article discusses this from our perspective. As the topics of Health in…

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USGBC premieres human health podcast “Built for Health”

From the USGBC website: USGBC’s new podcast series, “Built for Health,” explores the various impacts the built environment has on human health. The series is hosted by former Schneider Fellow Flavia Grey, a PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. With a focus on the dynamic interaction between occupant well-being and building sustainability,…

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Bill Davenhall’s TED talk-Your health depends on where you live

Bill Davenhall’s TED talk-Your health depends on where you live Where you live: It impacts your health as much as diet and genes do, but it’s not part of your medical records. At TEDMED, Bill Davenhall shows how overlooked government geo-data (from local heart-attack rates to toxic dumpsite info) can mesh with mobile GPS apps…

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On Health and Architecture – Ben van Berkel

On Health and Architecture – Ben van Berkel   In this talk, Ben van Berkel asks the question, “How can Architecture affect our health on multiple levels?” He discusses the importance of Architecture and its overall impact on three levels on Physical, Social and Psychological Health.   From Youtube Description: Architects need to answer the changing…

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The Impact of Architecture – Donald Schmitt

The Impact of Architecture – Donald Schmitt TEDx Talks Published on Apr 20, 2015 Description from Youtube: Donald Schmitt, principal architect, discusses the impact of architecture in creating communities to foster innovation, creation, connection and collaboration. How do we design and construct spaces to honour culture and history as well as solve problems of energy…

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