Our mission is to develop new design concepts for the realization of healthy and sustainable inhabited space. We do this by forming unconventional transdisciplinary collaborations that conduct research where architecture, biology, medicine, chemistry, and engineering intersect and translate it into design practice through a consortium of invested industry partners.  Our understanding of what a “healthy building” constitutes – from its complex microbiome, its chemistry, its provision of light and air, and its energy and carbon footprint – is fragmented, underdeveloped, and too often not reflected in practice. The Institute for Health in the Built Environment pursues an integrated approach to conducting and applying research so that every built environment provides health at multiple scales, from individual to planetary. IHBE is dedicated to focusing on equity for individuals and communities who face health disparities due to the creation and operation of built environments.