Healthy Homes

This book makes a timely contribution to the built environment and health research and the community more broadly. Having access to the Healthy Homes book would be extremely beneficial to many trying to improve the design, experience and performance of their homes through an evidence-based approach. Students and industry professionals are likely to benefit from the technically driven content and applied nature of design examples. Members of the community may find the overview of aspects relevant to health and wellbeing within the residential context. Healthy Homes aims to identify the key indoor environmental elements that have an effect on human health and wellbeing in residential buildings, with a view of informing design decisions. The book is extremely successful in achieving this goal, making a significant contribution to the dissemination of this type of content within a wider audience. -- Review by Christhina Candido, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia, in Buildings & Cities magazine, June 2021.

A much needed appraisal of the current state of design for wellbeing, this book covers the broad range of issues affecting living environments and impacts on psychological and physical health. The writing is accessible, adopting a sustainability audit approach which will be useful for students and designers in urban design and housing. The book is an excellent reference and appropriate for an uncertain future where urbanisation and consideration of climate change requires continual design refinements to achieve healthy homes. – Review by Gary Young in Planning in London magazine, Issue 112, January - March 2020.