by Mark Fretz | Dec 14, 2025 | News
IHBE Co-Director Mark Fretz discusses healthy buildings with KLCC’s Barbara Dellenback on the Oregon Grapevine. Fretz talks about IHBE design research and topics range from growing building materials to opening your windows. Share this:Share Click to share on...
by Mark Fretz | Dec 14, 2025 | News
Design research conducted by the Institute for Health in the Built Environment was recently featured in Nature in an article titled, “The probiotic home: Where microbes are welcome guests,” by Katherine Bourzac. The article was part of Nature Outlook: The...
by nmclain | Oct 23, 2025 | News
For years, we’ve focused on keeping our indoor environments as sterile as possible. But a new article in Nature, featuring IHBE’s Mark Fretz and Gwynne Mhuireach, asks whether it’s time to start letting microbes back in. Not just any microbes, of course. Research...
by nmclain | Sep 22, 2025 | News
A journal article co-authored by Siobhan Rockcastle was just published in Energy and Buildings. The article, titled “Ensuring excellent indoor environments and ultra-low carbon footprint in a single-family house from design to operation” introduces...
by nmclain | Sep 17, 2025 | News
Charlotte Kamman, an architecture graduate, has been working on solving one challenge with mass timber housing: acoustics. To address wood’s resonant properties, Kamman has partnered with IHBE’s Mark Fretz to explore how mycelium can be used to reduce...
by nmclain | Aug 30, 2025 | News
We’re excited to report that Port of Portland’s Terminal 2 is receiving wider attention with a new story from The Oregonian! Following a visit from U.S. representative Suzanne Bonamici, The story shares about the progress underway at Terminal 2 — a hub for...
