Homes that Go Beyond Sustainable

The convergence of architectural, interior and technology design is fostering healthier and more sustainable spaces

At COP27 in Egypt, the annual summit where the world comes together to address its collective climate goals, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned. “Our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. We are on a highway to climate he with our foot still on the accelerator.”

This statement hearkens us back to the energy crisis of the 1970s, a period when the globe faced a shortage of oil and heavily inflated prices, leading to the early green building movement that put a focus

on making homes more airtight with reduced outdoor air ventilation to improve energy efficiency. These inadequate levels of ventilation failed to preserve the health of occupants and these unhealthy conditions marked by headaches and respiratory issues led to a growing phenomenon called Sick Building Syndrome.

With a growing number of scientists and researchers warning us that the global climate fight will either be won or lost in this crucial decade, how do we balance sustainability with occupant health so that

one does not compromise the other? How do we optimize spaces tor both?

Bi Reed, a renowned authority on sustainability defines regenerative architecture as “…a conservation or high performance approach focused on reducing our impact and a living system understanding focused on learning how to engage nature as a co-equal partner. By doing so, the potential for green design moves beyond sustaining the environment to one that can regenerate its health ⎯ as well as our own.”

Since we spend approximately 90 percent of our lives indoors, these indoor must be both supportive of our health as well as climate-smart. So how do we define health and well being? The constitution of WHO, adopted over seven decades ago, states, “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmary.”

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