X7 = Comfort

Working with a relative concept like comfort in an architecture or design project means optimising your solutions to provide the most possible user wellbeing, satisfaction and health.

Comfort can also be managed by using the DGNB Heart, developed by the Green Building Council Denmark. The Heart is based on the main categories: air quality, acoustics, visual comfort, thermal comfort and architectural value. The DGNB Heart focuses on how we can create access and wellbeing for everyone, with design that supports every different life situation throughout a long life.

With Universal Design, we can sharpen our focus and understanding of users’ experience of comfort. Universal Design can defne requirements on the basis of the physical capacity of different user groups, and infuence standards for project solutions so that they accommodate as many users as possible.

Use the checklist on the right to get comfort to interact with accessibility and Universal Design. e Contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals

6.2

Provide access to a toilet, sanitation and hygiene. 11.7

Provide safe, inclusive green public spaces

e Checklist for project-relevant user groups

Consider several solutions to the same problem/options for different users. Avoid discrimination or exclusion of user groups. Think about eco-friendly solutions in relation to users groups. Focus on sanitation and hygiene in relation to user groups. Focus on wellbeing and happiness for all relevant users. Think about comfortable layout/furnishing for all relevant users. Check accessible rest areas/zones for different users. Incorporate comfortable lighting and acoustics.

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