by Lily Summers | Jul 14, 2020 | News
The institute for Health in the Built Environment is excited to be the recipient of the USDA Agriculture Research Service grant to address gaps in assessing mass timber as a sustainable building material in whole building life cycle assessments (WBLCA) beginning this...
by Lily Summers | Jul 1, 2019 | News
We sat down with founding Consortium Member, SRG, to discuss their firm, passions, projects and their ongoing efforts to design for energy efficiency and health. Who is SRG? SRG Partnership, Inc. is an award-winning, 75-person design firm providing programming,...
by Mira | Oct 18, 2018 | News, Publication, Research
Written by Mark Fretz, Sue Ishaq, and Mira Zimmerman Light is as necessary to the perfect growth and nutrition of the human frame as are air and food; and, whenever it is deficient, health fails, and disease appears… Artificial is but a very bad substitute for natural...
by Mira | Aug 10, 2018 | News
Check out our automated blinds study, which looks at the interaction between human behavior and building daylighting. Natural lighting is a vital aspect of human health and happiness, and so ESBL Students Amir Nezamdoost, Alen Mahic and Malak Modaresnezhad set out to...
by Mira | Aug 10, 2018 | News, Research
IHBE is working to design spaces with optimal appeal and comfort for building occupants. Currrently, we are studying thermal comfort in mass timber buildings. For any research study, there are hours of preparation before any data is ever recorded. Peer behind the...
