Healthy Buildings - How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick-or Keep You Well (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

A revised and updated edition of the landmark work the New York Times hailed as "a call to action for every developer, building owner, shareholder, chief executive, manager, teacher, worker and parent to start demanding healthy buildings with cleaner indoor air." For too long we've designed buildings that haven't focused on the people inside-their health, their ability to work effectively, and what that means for the bottom line. An authoritative introduction to a movement whose vital importance is now all too clear, Healthy Buildings breaks down the science and makes a compelling business case for creating healthier offices, schools, and homes. As the COVID-19 crisis brought into sharp focus, indoor spaces can make you sick-or keep you healthy. Fortunately, we now have the know-how and technology to keep people safe indoors. But there is more to securing your office, school, or home than wiping down surfaces. Levels of carbon dioxide, particulates, humidity, pollution, and a toxic soup of volatile organic compounds from everyday products can influence our health in ways people aren't always aware of. This landmark book, revised and updated with the latest research since the COVID-19 pandemic, lays out a compelling case for more environmentally friendly and less toxic offices, schools, and homes. It features a concise explanation of disease transmission indoors, and provides tips for making buildings the first line of defense. Joe Allen and John Macomber dispel the myth that we can't have both energy-efficient buildings and good indoor air quality. We can-and must-have both. At the center of the great convergence of green, smart, and safe buildings, healthy buildings are vital to the push for more sustainable urbanization that will shape our future.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2022
Authors:	Joseph G. Allen • John D. Macomber
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-27836-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Property & real estate Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Environmental medicine > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General Books > Money & Finance > Property & real estate Promotions
LSN:	0-674-27836-4
Barcode:	9780674278363

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