by Mira | Sep 1, 2020 | News, Research
What if we could change the spread of COVID-19 by studying building design? What if we could test buildings instead of people for the virus? The University of Oregon’s Institute for Health in the Built Environment, partnered with the Biology and the Built Environment...
by Mark Fretz | Jul 14, 2020 | News
The University of Oregon’s Institute for Health in the Built Environment and Biology and the Built Environment Center have been developing a blueprint for saving lives and livelihoods by revealing the unseen in buildings through strategic building environmental...
by Lily Summers | Jun 30, 2020 | News
We are living in a time of converging crises. Rents and property values are soaring past the stagnant wages of the labor market, leaving many individuals and families unable to obtain housing and causing immense psychological and physical stress, geographic...
by Lily Summers | Jun 18, 2020 | News
Build Health is excited to welcome its newest industry member, Swinerton! Here at the lab, we believe collaboration between disciplines is crucial to creating a healthier built environment. Including the construction industry and contractors in on the conversation is...
by Mark Fretz | Mar 10, 2020 | News, Publication
As corporate entities, city, county, state and federal governments around the world take action against the spread of COVID-19, the built environment has been thrust onto center stage with a prominent role. Therefore, the unique expertise of researchers at the...