Wellbriefing: Creating a building brief that helps clients articulate and prioritise wellbeing

Vision: The Future of the Built Environment, Olympia, London, 2-3 June 2015

Creating a building brief that helps clients articulate and prioritise wellbeing

Dr. Caroline Paradise, Head of Design Research

Developing a tool for clients and designers to help them make informed & timely decisions that support the wellbeing of building users

Northwood Primary School, Atkins

Design and health wellbeing

Source:

Health, Wellbeing & Productivity in Offices, World

Green Building Council, 2014

Factors affecting wellbeing

The WELL Building Standard®,International WELL Building Institute, 2015

Health, Wellbeing & Productivity in Offices,World Green Building Council, 2014

Multi-comfort building solution, 2015Saint-Gobain

Standards for wellbeing

Source:

Cited in Browning B. (2012) The Economics of Biophilia:

Why designing with nature in mind makes sense.

What Colour is your Building?: Measuring and reducing the energy and

carbon footprint of buildings David Clark

Impact of wellbeing

...affects performance by

for individuals and for teams.

5%11%

Workplace responsible for

of job satisfaction...

Source:

Commission for Architecture and the

Built Environment - 2013

24%

Impact of workplace wellbeing

Factors affecting wellbeing

Air quality

Complex performance criteria

PSPB Output Specification Mechanically ventilated: 1,000ppm Naturally ventilated: 1,500ppm

EN 13779 rev EN16798-3/4 Category I (above outdoor level) 550ppmCategory II (above outdoor level) 800ppm

Building Regs. (AD) F Ventilation rate minimum 10l/s/person

Lighting

Circadian response vs visual performance ?

Complex performance criteria

BS8206-2:2008 2 – 5% Average DF

BREEAM 2% DF min across 80%

PSPB Output Specification 80% UDI-a + DA of 50%

Lighting

Complex performance criteria

VE

RT

ICA

L

HORIZONTAL

Vertical illuminance can be up to 60% less than illuminance on a horizontal plane

Source:

Rea, M S; Bullough, J D; Figueiro, M G, (2002) Lighting

Research & Technology, 34:3

Paradise, C, (2015) Thesis: Daylight and glazing specification:

The impact on non-visual processes

Source:

Montazami, Gaterell & Nicol (2015) A comprehensive review of

environmental design in UK schools: History, conflict and

solutions, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 46.

Conflicting factors

Almost 17% of the working population in the UK (5.3million) now doing shift work ‘most of the time’

Source:

Office of National Statistics, 2015

Complex scenarios

Measures of success

Measures of success

Measures of success

Measure what you value, don’t value what you can measure

Stakeholder engagement

Are the right people consulted?

Human ResourcesFacilities Management Health & Safety End User

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