Comparison of health and well-being aspects in building certification schemes

Potrč Obrecht, Tajda (author), Kunič, Roman (author), Jordan, Sabina (author), Dovjak, Mateja (author)

The quality of the indoor environment is becoming increasingly important because people are spending the majority of their time indoors. This has led to an increased interest in the field of health and well-being of users of buildings and to the development of various assessment schemes dealing with this issue. In this study, LEED O+M Building Operations and Maintenance (hereinafter LEED O+M), BREEAM In-Use and DGNB Buildings In-Use were compared with a specialized BCS WELL that is focused on the health and well-being of building occupants. The aim of the comparison was to evaluate to what extent the selected building certification schemes (BCSs) cover the aspects of health and well-being in buildings. Based on the analysis, it was found that the observed BCSs mostly pay attention to indoor air quality, light and thermal comfort. In other areas, only certain topics are covered or the topics have a different focus. Another important finding of the study was that certain aspects that are important for the health and well-being of the occupants are not dependent only on the building design but also on the management of the building and the services provided within the building. This kind of information is especially valuable for building developers, managers and owners so they know how to improve health and well-being in a building. The present study provides them with a comprehensive overview of the certification schemes that are widely used in current practice.

• Language: English
• Keywords: civil engineering, architecture, building certification schemes, public health, public well-being, sustainable buildings, health, well-being
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2019
• Number of pages: 15 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 11, iss. 9, art. 2616
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-132311
• UDC: 614:699.8
• ISSN on article: 2071-1050
• DOI: 10.3390/su11092616
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8795489
• Publication date in RUL: 21.10.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Sustainability
• Shortened title: Sustainability
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2071-1050
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5324897

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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• Licensing start date: 07.05.2019

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: gradbeništvo, arhitektura, trajnostni razvoj, blagostanje, stavbe, javno zdravje