Health and Happiness - 13th May 2015

Health & Happiness 13th May 2015 Squire Patton Boggs #GVIS2015

Chair Introduction Jim Wild LEDA

Martin Brown Fairsnape

Towards Net-Positive Healthy Facilities MARTIN BROWN FAIRSNAPE GREEN VISION UK LIVING BUILDING COLLABORATIVE FUTURESTORATIVE INSPIRATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A NEW SUSTAINABILITY

The BBC reported today that asbestos is still present in as many as 86% UK schools.

Over the last ten years, 158 teachers have died from mesothelioma. #FOI, Industry Today, March 12th 2015

1933 UK Legal “Date of Knowledge�

2000 HSE date for buildings which could contain asbestos

“in the late '80s, NASA & Associated Landscape Contractors of America identified several plants that filter out common volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to help clean indoor air which is typically far more polluted than outdoor air�

Healthy Buildings Network, 2015

SALUTOGENESIS: net positive health Focus on factors that support health and wellness ‌. rather than on reducing the factors that cause health problems Soo Downe, Martin Brown

The word "Biophilia" literally means "love of nature" and focuses on the deep affinity between humans and nature.

In 1984 Researcher Roger Ulrich found that patients whose hospital window overlooked nature recorded shorter postoperative stays, required less potent pain medication, and evaluated their nurses more positively than patients who looked onto a brick wall.

“Low-impact design as exemplified by LEED* standards rarely enhances people’s physical and mental wellbeing when it fails to address the beneficial experience of nature” (Kellert,S. 2008) *Read BREEAM

“Interestingly, if we take a step back and look at our current standards, targets and measurements around sustainability, they are almost all concentrated on our use of energy, when in fact only 1% of a company’s outgoings are related to energy usage, while a staggering 90% are related to staffing costs�

(Oliver Heath at Ecobuild 2015).

“Once something exists we can no longer say its impossible�

Denis Hayes, Bullitt Foundation

Stairway to Health

Every design, every building, a Biophilia Plan

Can we afford to continue being just less bad?

Is it not a matter of corporate social responsibility to design & build with a focus on better, net positive health and wellbeing?

“It is time to think differently: Its time to Heal the Future”

MARTIN BROWN @FAIRSNAPE FAIRSNAPE@GMAIL.COM

FUTURESTORATIVE INSPIRATIONS AND CHALLENGES FOR A NEW SUSTAINABILITY www.fairsnape.com/futurestorative

Victoria Lockhart Arup Associates

HEALTH & WELLBEING IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

TERMINOLOGY

[1] AGENDA & INDUSTRY RESPONSE

TRENDS AND RISK FACTORS

131 million days were lost due to sickness absences in the UK in 2013, costing the economy an estimated ÂŁ14bn.

[Sources: ons.gov.uk & CBI - Fit for purpose: Absence and workplace health survey 2013]

In a database of 34,000 post occupancy surveys about indoor environmental quality in 215 buildings, people were most dissatisfied with acoustics.

[Source: The Centre for the Built Environment, University of California Berkeley]

Inactivity is now one of the biggest threats to public health, directly attributable to 9.4% of all deaths worldwide, or 3.5 million people every year.

[Source: The Lancet. The pandemic of physical inactivity: global action for public health, 2012]

Based on a typical split of business operating costs, modest gains in staff health and wellbeing can deliver significant financial savings.

[Source: WGBC report on Health, Wellbeing and Productivity in Offices, 2014]

WORLD GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, SEPT 2014

GLOBAL (UK-LED)

PART 1 – Evidence-base of physical office design features that impact health and wellbeing:

INDOOR AIR QUALITY THERMAL COMFORT DAYLIGHTING & LIGHTING BIOPHILIA NOISE INTERIOR LAYOUT LOOK & FEEL ACTIVE DESIGN & EXERCISE AMENITIES & LOCATION

WORLD GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL, SEPT 2014 PART 2 - Framework to measure impact:

GLOBAL (UK-LED)

USA

BUILDING HEALTHY PLACES TOOLKIT, FEB 2015 URBAN LAND INSTITUTE Builds on 2013 work that defined Ten Principles for building healthy places:

BUILDING HEALTHY PLACES TOOLKIT, FEB 2015 URBAN LAND INSTITUTE Latest toolkit contains 21 evidence-based strategies for healthy places:

USA

PROTOCOLS FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN DESIGN, 2014-2015 AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS (ASID) Commitment under the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative: ASID plus 11 industry partners across the design and construction supply chain.

Due to be published by the end of 2015.

USA

WELL BUILDING STANDARD, OCT 2014

USA

First industry standard to quantify and benchmark health and wellbeing features of the built environment.

Framework and criteria developed on the basis of 8 years medical research, in collaboration with key medical institutions such as the Cleveland and Mayo Clinics.

BUILDINGS FOR PEOPLE

“…the time has come to elevate human health and comfort to the forefront of building practices and reinvent buildings that are not only better for the planet – but also for people.”

Source: http://wellcertified.com/well-building-standard/overview/

KEY PARTIES • Mission to place health and wellness at the centre of design and construction decisions • Pioneer of the WELL Building Standard • Founder of the Wellness Real Estate and the IWBI

• Mission to improve human health and wellbeing through the built environment • Administers the Standard

• Delivers third-party certification services for WELL (same body that delivers LEED certification and professional credentialing in partnership with the USGBC)

KEY AUTHORS

WELLOGRAPHIES – 8 YEARS MEDICAL RESEARCH

PREMISE BEHIND THE CRITERIA

BEST PRACTICE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES

WELL BUILDING FEATURES

EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH AND WELLNESS INTERVENTIONS

[2] THE WELL BUILDING STANDARD

NEW FOCUS COMPARED TO EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY TOOLS

LEED v4

BREEAM

LBC

= % of points for heath and wellness criteria = % of remaining points

WELL

DESIGNED TO WORK IN TANDEM

ENVIRONMENTAL

HUMAN

Together, creating buildings that optimise occupant health as well as environmental outcomes

7 WELLNESS CONCEPTS

Mind Comfort Fitness Light

Support mental and emotional health, knowledge and awareness Acoustic, thermal, olfactory and ergonomic environments Accommodate exercise and movement in daily routines Circadian rhythm, window performance, and light quality

Nourishment

Healthy options, behavioural cues, and greater information

Water

Filtration and treatment, as well as strategic placement

Air

Removal of airborne contaminants, prevention, and purification

RECEPTION & UPTAKE

“More than 7.7 million square feet of projects have already registered or certified through WELL�

- IWBI, Jan 2015

LYFE Kitchen are planning roll out of 250 WELL Certified restaurants in the next five years Source: http://wellcertified.com/well-building-standard/overview/

Source: Deepak Chopra, quoted in Business Wire, Dec 2013. http://bit.ly/1C3m1is

PILOT PARTICIPANTS & ONGOING REGISTERED PROJECTS

CLIENTS AND INTERESTED PARTIES

AIR STRATEGIES

WELL BUILDING STANDARD

WATER STRATEGIES

WELL BUILDING STANDARD

NOURISHMENT STRATEGIES

WELL BUILDING STANDARD

LIGHTING STRATEGIES

WELL BUILDING STANDARD

FITNESS STRATEGIES

WELL BUILDING STANDARD

COMFORT STRATEGIES

WELL BUILDING STANDARD

MIND STRATEGIES

WELL BUILDING STANDARD

VERSION 1.0

• Published Nov 2014 • Details all WELL features optimised for commercial and institutional projects • Defines which Preconditions and Optimisations apply to each of the three project typologies: • New Construction Certification • Tenant Improvement Certification • Core and Shell Compliance

WHY?

THANK YOU victoria.lockhart@arupassociates.com http://www.arupassociates.com/en/projects /wellbeing/

Dr Elliot Cohen Leeds Beckett University

'Mindfulness - Training in Tranquility and Cultivating Creativity' Dr Elliot Cohen – Leeds Beckett University

The Mindfulness Revolution?

Popular Images for Mindfulness

Mindfulness Meditation

 Meditation involves training and taming the mind – learning to cultivate positive mental states that lead to experiences of clarity, focus and stillness, whilst also enhancing one’s creativity and capacity to adapt to different life situations. (Cohen 2015)

What do you see?

Posture –Breath – Mind  Hold and release practice (Cohen 2015)

The Stress Epidemic?

 Disease  Dis-Ease  Information overload (a problematic term)

 Loss of control, meaning, purpose?  ‘Human Nature’ and ‘Nature’

Where are we? Who are we?

PhD on Daoism, Meditation and Wilderness Therapy (Myers 2015)

Recommended Reading  Goleman, D. (2003) Destructive Emotions: A Scientific Dialogue with the Dalai Lama. London: Bantam Press.  Hanh, T. N. (1991) The Miracle of Mindfulness: A Manual on Meditation London: Rider.  Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990) Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. London: Piatkus Publishing.  Williams, M., Teasdale, J., Segal, Z., Kabat-Zin, J. (2007) The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness. London: Guilford Press.  Recommended Link:  Oxford Mindfulness Centre http://oxfordmindfulness.org/

Questions?

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