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How can you design a green building project to promote health and well-being?

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Green building projects are not only good for the environment, but also for the people who live and work in them. By applying sustainable design principles and practices, you can create spaces that enhance health and well-being, while reducing environmental impacts and costs. In this article, you will learn how to design a green building project that promotes health and well-being, by following these six steps:

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Luke Elder

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1 Assess your goals

Before you start designing, you need to define your objectives and expectations for your green building project. What are the main benefits you want to achieve for your occupants, your community, and your planet? How will you measure and evaluate your performance? How will you communicate your vision and values to your stakeholders? By answering these questions, you can establish a clear and realistic scope and budget for your project, and align your design decisions with your goals.

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Catherine Aubry-Lafarge

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Designing a green building project for health and well-being involves prioritizing sustainable and health-conscious features. Maximize natural light and ventilation to enhance indoor air quality. Incorporate green spaces and biophilic design to reduce stress and improve mental well-being. Use eco-friendly materials and prioritize energy efficiency to minimize environmental impact. Implement water conservation measures and promote physical activity through accessible amenities like stairs and fitness spaces. Prioritize indoor air quality with low VOC materials. Emphasize occupant comfort with ergonomic designs and adaptable spaces. Regularly monitor and maintain green features for sustained positive impact on health and well-being.

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Gokul Shekar

Leading ESG & Climate Change expert driving sustainable business growth. | TEDx Speaker | Public Speaker | Author | Columnist
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Before initiating the design process for a green building project, define your objectives and expectations. Identify the key benefits you aim to achieve for occupants, the community, and the environment. Determine how you will measure and evaluate performance, and establish communication strategies to convey your vision and values to stakeholders. Addressing these questions helps in setting a clear and realistic scope and budget for the project, ensuring that design decisions align with overarching goals. This foundational step is essential for the success and sustainability of the green building initiative.

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2 Choose your site

The location and orientation of your building can have a significant impact on its energy efficiency, water consumption, indoor air quality, and access to natural light and views. You should choose a site that minimizes environmental disturbances, such as noise, pollution, and erosion, and maximizes opportunities for renewable energy sources, such as solar, wind, or geothermal. You should also consider the transportation options, amenities, and services available near your site, and how they affect the health and well-being of your occupants and neighbors.

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Gokul Shekar

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The location and orientation of a building play a crucial role in its overall sustainability, influencing energy efficiency, water consumption, indoor air quality, and access to natural light and views. Opt for a site that minimizes environmental disturbances like noise, pollution, and erosion while maximizing opportunities for renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, or geothermal. Additionally, consider nearby transportation options, amenities, and services, evaluating their impact on the health and well-being of both occupants and neighbors. Thoughtful site selection and orientation contribute significantly to the overall environmental and community impact of a building.

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3 Optimize your design

The design of your building should reflect the principles of biophilic design, which is the practice of integrating nature and natural elements into the built environment, to enhance human health and well-being. You can apply biophilic design by using natural materials, colors, textures, and shapes, creating indoor-outdoor connections, incorporating plants and water features, and providing diverse and comfortable spaces for different activities and moods. You should also use passive design strategies, such as natural ventilation, daylighting, shading, and insulation, to reduce your energy demand and improve your indoor environmental quality.

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Some ideas, based on green building certification frameworks, to consider include: Embrace nature inside and out: Maximize natural light, integrate greenery like vertical gardens, and prioritize outdoor spaces for relaxation and exercise. Optimize air and water: Employ advanced ventilation systems for clean, filtered air, and utilize water-saving technologies to minimize waste and promote hydration. Prioritize movement and comfort: Design for ergonomics, encourage active commutes with stairs and bike lanes, and offer diverse workspaces for focus and collaboration. Remember, a healthy building encourages healthy habits!

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4 Select your materials

The materials you use for your building should be durable, recyclable, renewable, and low-emitting, to minimize your environmental footprint and ensure a healthy indoor environment. You should avoid materials that contain toxic or harmful substances, such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs), formaldehyde, or asbestos, which can cause respiratory problems, allergies, or cancers. You should also prefer materials that have a low embodied energy, which is the amount of energy required to produce, transport, and dispose of them. You can use tools such as life cycle assessment (LCA) or environmental product declarations (EPDs) to compare the environmental impacts of different materials.

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Natasha Syed

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While designing the Green Building project as well as for the materials selection it's worth to be familiar with and incorporate when appropriate Biophilic Design principles. Biophilic Design not only improves the psychological wellbeing of the building users/stakeholders, but also helps to optimise energy use, among just a couple of benefits.

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5 Implement your systems

The systems you install for your building should be efficient, reliable, and adaptable, to meet your current and future needs and expectations. You should choose systems that use renewable energy sources, such as solar panels, wind turbines, or heat pumps, to power your lighting, heating, cooling, and appliances. You should also choose systems that conserve water, such as low-flow fixtures, rainwater harvesting, or greywater recycling, to supply your plumbing, irrigation, and landscaping. You should also choose systems that monitor and control your indoor environmental quality, such as sensors, thermostats, or timers, to adjust your temperature, humidity, ventilation, and lighting.

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6 Maintain your performance

After you complete your building, you need to ensure that it operates as intended and delivers the desired outcomes for your occupants, your community, and your planet. You need to conduct regular inspections, audits, and evaluations, to check the condition and performance of your building and its components. You need to collect and analyze data, such as energy consumption, water use, indoor air quality, and occupant satisfaction, to identify and address any issues or gaps. You need to also educate and engage your occupants, to encourage them to adopt sustainable behaviors and practices, such as recycling, composting, or carpooling.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Daniel González

Driving Sustainability + Tech + Business | Enabling Careers for Climate, Immigrants, and Low Income Backgrounds | Public Speaker | Aspiring Chief Sustainability Officer and Negotiator | Ex Google, Esri, WRI, Yale
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It's surprising how many "green building" standards don't survey the actual people who use the building. Instead, there's a checklist of things to do before you build the building. When I was researching WELL (back in 2018), I was happily surprised that they included post-occupancy surveys. In other words, they also asked people how they felt in the buildings.

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