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Find out the latest news, publications and events happening at the Institute for Health in the Built Environment.
Cross-disciplinary class finds innovative solutions to design for healthy aging
In the winter of 2020 the lab was involved in developing a new senior/graduate level course for design students at the UO...
Sports Product design graduate Oli Bartoszek designs an air filtration mask, “Airbender”
With air pollution and risk of airborne pathogens in the built environment, the ability to exercise safely outdoors is...
Coronavirus: hopes for most shops in England to reopen in June – BBC News
Living in a world working towards reopening and recovering while revamping protocols due to COVID-19 requires intense...
Welcome to our newest Build Health industry member, Swinerton!
Build Health is excited to welcome its newest industry member, Swinerton! Here at the lab, we believe collaboration between...
Recruiting gardeners for study: soil diversity and human health in the built environment
Soil health and biodiversity are closely linked to human health. Despite this, we currently know very little about interactions...
IHBE indoor aerosol simulation on CBS This Morning
Director Van Den Wymelenberg was interviewed by CBS This Morning to share information about the potential indoor aerosol...
BioBE is launching a campaign to test buildings for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Because buildings are the engine of our economy, we should do whatever we can to reduce the risk of indoor transmission. The...
Director Van Den Wymelenberg highlights some of BioBE’s research on the role of the indoor microbiome to support human health and well being.
Director Van Den Wymelenberg highlights some of BioBE’s research on the role of the indoor microbiome to support human health...
Dr. Sue Ishaq publishes paper from Clark Honors College course focusing on microbes and social equity
Image by Anna Earl from Unsplash.com People worry about having access to clean water, power, health care and healthy foods...
COVID-19 and the Built Environment
As corporate entities, city, county, state and federal governments around the world take action against the spread of COVID-19,...
Remembering GZ Brown
With the recent passing of one of our dearest members, founders and influencers; we are remembering GZ “Charlie” Brown with high...
Sustainable Building Week Event at the Lab
It was a rainy evening here in Portland last night, but we still had a great turn out for our Sustainable Building Week Event...
Come to the Lab: Innovative Research on Sustainability
IHBE is partnering with Oregon State University and Portland State University to present our research efforts on sustainable...
Our newest publication on chemistry and microbiology in relation to cleaning in the built environment is now available!
IHBE and BioBE published their most recent research, "From one species to another: A review on the interaction of chemistry and...
University of Oregon Publishes White Paper on Light, Views, and the Workplace Experience
The white paper, “The Impact of Lighting and Views in the Workplace of the Future,” explores how light and the visual...
Check Out Our Recent Publication on Indoor Microbiology
Read our newest publication, "Building upon current knowledge and techniques of indoor microbiology to construct the next era of...
Interview with Founding Consortium Member, SRG
We sat down with founding Consortium Member, SRG, to discuss their firm, passions, projects and their ongoing efforts to design...
Prof. Van Den Wymelenberg Testifies in Congress on Healthy Buildings
Professor Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg went to Capitol Hill today to testify before the transportation committee about healthy...
Welcome Hickok Cole: Designing For What’s Next
The Institute is excited to introduce Hickok Cole, our newest Consortium Member. Hickok Cole is a forward-focused design...
Metropolis: Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg on Increasing Demands for Lighting Controls
Director Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg's interview with Retrofit for Metropolis magazine is published! He is one of a series of...
Stop Motion Science: The Light Box Video
Written by Mira Zimmerman and Fiona Curliss At BioBE, we strive to produce scientific research that is clear and understandable...
New Publication on Anti-Microbials & Drug Resistant Microbes Indoors
After reading this, you might think twice about hand washing after your workout. Dr, Erica Hartmann, of Northwestern University,...
Perspective on the Role of Light in the Indoor Microbiome
Written by Mark Fretz, Sue Ishaq, and Mira Zimmerman Light is as necessary to the perfect growth and nutrition of the human...
Architecture Students Conceptualize Light
Masters students in Architecture 683, taught by ESBL Faculty and Professor Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, have been working with...
IHBE Helps Launch Sustainable Building Week 2018 in Portland!
https://design.uoregon.edu/keeping-portland-green-institute-health-built-environment-helps-launch-sustainable-building-week
Velux Award: Automated Blinds Study
Check out our automated blinds study, which looks at the interaction between human behavior and building daylighting. Natural...
Pedal Power: Our Transport Bike
The Institute for Health in the Built Environment approaches challenges with unconventional thinking for unconventional...
In Progress: Mass Timber, Thermal Comfort and Net Zero Energy Use
IHBE is working to design spaces with optimal appeal and comfort for building occupants. Currrently, we are studying thermal...
BioBE Selected for Bio Design Exhibition at Rhode Island School of Design
Our very own BioBE has been selected as a participant in the exhibition "Bio Design: From Inspiration to Integration" that is...
Design the Unseen Course
For his first teaching assignment at the University of Oregon, Mark Fretz taught an advanced technology course to architectural...
BioBE Receives New UO-OHSU Seed Funding Award
BioBE has received funding for a new project as part of the new University of Oregon - Oregon Health Sciences University...
BuildHealth2018 Meeting Announced
The Institute for Health in the Built Environment is hosting its second annual Industry Consortium event in Portland, Oregon on...
ESBL + BioBE Welcome Siobhan Rockcastle as new Assistant Professor of Architecture!
Energy Studies and Buildings Laboratory and Biology and the Built Environment are thrilled to announce that Dr. Siobhan “Shevy”...
ESBL + BioBE Welcome Mark Fretz as the new Associate Director of Outreach
Energy Studies and Buildings Laboratory and Biology and the Built Environment are thrilled to announce that Mark Fretz has...
Unconventional Tools
Trace paper, thick black markers, wood models and coffee are indispensable in the genesis of an idea. However, many...
Design on the Frontier
On the frontier, you work together to create new opportunities and possibilities. This pioneer ethos is the foundation of...
Design For Health
We understand and design for acute dangers in the built environment, such as requiring fire sprinklers; however, we don’t...
Design For Evolution
Our habitat is changing. In the developed world, we spend more than 90 percent of our lives indoors, often in urban areas...
Design the Unseen
Typically, architects and designers focus on designing physical space while scientists focus on understanding the unknown...
Projects
Cross-disciplinary class finds innovative solutions to design for healthy aging
In the winter of 2020 the lab was involved in developing a new senior/graduate level course for design students at the UO...
Sports Product design graduate Oli Bartoszek designs an air filtration mask, “Airbender”
With air pollution and risk of airborne pathogens in the built environment, the ability to exercise safely outdoors is...
Coronavirus: hopes for most shops in England to reopen in June – BBC News
Living in a world working towards reopening and recovering while revamping protocols due to COVID-19 requires intense...
Welcome to our newest Build Health industry member, Swinerton!
Build Health is excited to welcome its newest industry member, Swinerton! Here at the lab, we believe collaboration between...
Recruiting gardeners for study: soil diversity and human health in the built environment
Soil health and biodiversity are closely linked to human health. Despite this, we currently know very little about interactions...
IHBE indoor aerosol simulation on CBS This Morning
Director Van Den Wymelenberg was interviewed by CBS This Morning to share information about the potential indoor aerosol...
BioBE is launching a campaign to test buildings for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
Because buildings are the engine of our economy, we should do whatever we can to reduce the risk of indoor transmission. The...
Director Van Den Wymelenberg highlights some of BioBE’s research on the role of the indoor microbiome to support human health and well being.
Director Van Den Wymelenberg highlights some of BioBE’s research on the role of the indoor microbiome to support human health...
Dr. Sue Ishaq publishes paper from Clark Honors College course focusing on microbes and social equity
Image by Anna Earl from Unsplash.com People worry about having access to clean water, power, health care and healthy foods...
COVID-19 and the Built Environment
As corporate entities, city, county, state and federal governments around the world take action against the spread of COVID-19,...
Remembering GZ Brown
With the recent passing of one of our dearest members, founders and influencers; we are remembering GZ “Charlie” Brown with high...
Sustainable Building Week Event at the Lab
It was a rainy evening here in Portland last night, but we still had a great turn out for our Sustainable Building Week Event...
Come to the Lab: Innovative Research on Sustainability
IHBE is partnering with Oregon State University and Portland State University to present our research efforts on sustainable...
Our newest publication on chemistry and microbiology in relation to cleaning in the built environment is now available!
IHBE and BioBE published their most recent research, "From one species to another: A review on the interaction of chemistry and...
University of Oregon Publishes White Paper on Light, Views, and the Workplace Experience
The white paper, “The Impact of Lighting and Views in the Workplace of the Future,” explores how light and the visual...
Check Out Our Recent Publication on Indoor Microbiology
Read our newest publication, "Building upon current knowledge and techniques of indoor microbiology to construct the next era of...
Interview with Founding Consortium Member, SRG
We sat down with founding Consortium Member, SRG, to discuss their firm, passions, projects and their ongoing efforts to design...
Prof. Van Den Wymelenberg Testifies in Congress on Healthy Buildings
Professor Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg went to Capitol Hill today to testify before the transportation committee about healthy...
Welcome Hickok Cole: Designing For What’s Next
The Institute is excited to introduce Hickok Cole, our newest Consortium Member. Hickok Cole is a forward-focused design...
Metropolis: Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg on Increasing Demands for Lighting Controls
Director Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg's interview with Retrofit for Metropolis magazine is published! He is one of a series of...
Stop Motion Science: The Light Box Video
Written by Mira Zimmerman and Fiona Curliss At BioBE, we strive to produce scientific research that is clear and understandable...
New Publication on Anti-Microbials & Drug Resistant Microbes Indoors
After reading this, you might think twice about hand washing after your workout. Dr, Erica Hartmann, of Northwestern University,...
Perspective on the Role of Light in the Indoor Microbiome
Written by Mark Fretz, Sue Ishaq, and Mira Zimmerman Light is as necessary to the perfect growth and nutrition of the human...
Architecture Students Conceptualize Light
Masters students in Architecture 683, taught by ESBL Faculty and Professor Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg, have been working with...
IHBE Helps Launch Sustainable Building Week 2018 in Portland!
https://design.uoregon.edu/keeping-portland-green-institute-health-built-environment-helps-launch-sustainable-building-week
Velux Award: Automated Blinds Study
Check out our automated blinds study, which looks at the interaction between human behavior and building daylighting. Natural...
Pedal Power: Our Transport Bike
The Institute for Health in the Built Environment approaches challenges with unconventional thinking for unconventional...
In Progress: Mass Timber, Thermal Comfort and Net Zero Energy Use
IHBE is working to design spaces with optimal appeal and comfort for building occupants. Currrently, we are studying thermal...
BioBE Selected for Bio Design Exhibition at Rhode Island School of Design
Our very own BioBE has been selected as a participant in the exhibition "Bio Design: From Inspiration to Integration" that is...
Design the Unseen Course
For his first teaching assignment at the University of Oregon, Mark Fretz taught an advanced technology course to architectural...
BioBE Receives New UO-OHSU Seed Funding Award
BioBE has received funding for a new project as part of the new University of Oregon - Oregon Health Sciences University...
BuildHealth2018 Meeting Announced
The Institute for Health in the Built Environment is hosting its second annual Industry Consortium event in Portland, Oregon on...
ESBL + BioBE Welcome Siobhan Rockcastle as new Assistant Professor of Architecture!
Energy Studies and Buildings Laboratory and Biology and the Built Environment are thrilled to announce that Dr. Siobhan “Shevy”...
ESBL + BioBE Welcome Mark Fretz as the new Associate Director of Outreach
Energy Studies and Buildings Laboratory and Biology and the Built Environment are thrilled to announce that Mark Fretz has...
Unconventional Tools
Trace paper, thick black markers, wood models and coffee are indispensable in the genesis of an idea. However, many...
Design on the Frontier
On the frontier, you work together to create new opportunities and possibilities. This pioneer ethos is the foundation of...
Design For Health
We understand and design for acute dangers in the built environment, such as requiring fire sprinklers; however, we don’t...
Design For Evolution
Our habitat is changing. In the developed world, we spend more than 90 percent of our lives indoors, often in urban areas...
Design the Unseen
Typically, architects and designers focus on designing physical space while scientists focus on understanding the unknown...