by nmclain | Jul 19, 2025 | News
Siobhan Rockcastle presented a keynote at the 2025 Daylight Academy Conference in Munich on May 22nd, 2025. The talk, titled ‘Designing healthy daylit spaces: the intersection between research and practice’ presented applied consulting work in daylight...
by nmclain | May 20, 2025 | News, Publication
Mark Fretz and Jason Stenson of the Institute For Health in the Built Environment (IHBE) and Energy Studies in Buildings Laboratory (ESBL) have published a new paper in Buildings, titled Impact of Wood on Perception of Transient and Steady-State Indoor Thermal...
by nmclain | May 9, 2025 | News
Has the solution been found to housing shortages throughout Oregon? The Oregon Mass Timber Coalition’s new video, titled Housing Solution: The Mass Plywood Home, demonstrates the amazing utility of mass plywood in creating affordable housing. Not only is mass...
by nmclain | Apr 27, 2025 | News, Publication
As part of our on-going mass timber work, Dr. Gwynne Mhuireach just published a paper entitled, “Effects of wetting events on mass timber surface microbial communities and VOC emissions: Implications for building operation and occupant well-being.” The...
by nmclain | Apr 23, 2025 | News
University of Oregon’s monthly research and innovation newsletter, Pursuit, features an article about an exciting project from the Institute for Health in the Built Environment (IHBE): acoustic mushrooms! IHBE co-director, Mark Fretz, and fifth-year architecture...
