Healthy and sustainable housing architects

The commitment to sustainability and improving the health of buildings is an unstoppable process. The demand for sustainable and healthy buildings is experiencing a boom due to society’s commitment to the degradation of the planet we have caused. Sustainable engineering and architecture are becoming increasingly popular due to society’s awareness, especially in the new generations who care about the planet we leave them.

Some of the characteristics of sustainable buildings are:

1. Good indoor air quality: a sustainable and healthy building must have a ventilation system that circulates fresh air and filters pollutants.
2. Energy efficiency: The building must be designed to minimize energy consumption and maximize the use of renewable energy sources.
3. Water efficiency: the building must use water-efficient fixtures and appliances and must have systems to capture and reuse rainwater.
4. Natural lighting: The building must maximize the use of natural light to reduce the need for artificial lighting.
5. Low toxicity materials: The building must use materials that are non-toxic and do not contain harmful chemicals.
6. Access to green spaces: The building must provide access to outdoor green spaces and/or indoor plants to improve air quality and promote relaxation.
7. Active transport options: The building must encourage active transportation, such as cycling or walking, by providing bicycle parking, showers, and changing rooms.
8. Accessibility: the building must be designed to be accessible to people with disabilities, with features such as ramps, wide doors, and accessible bathrooms.
9. Waste reduction: the building must have systems to reduce waste, such as recycling and composting programs.
10. Acoustic comfort: the building must be designed to minimize noise pollution and provide a comfortable acoustic environment.

As you may know, there is the BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) Certification for rating the sustainability of buildings. A good BREEAM rating makes your project more attractive and can be an objective to aim for.

An architect committed to BREEAM ensures their reputation for offering a significant improvement in the quality of life of occupants and a commitment to sustainability. In corporate buildings, occupants are more motivated to adopt healthy and environmentally friendly behaviors. This improves the quality of the indoor environment, increases productivity, and reduces absenteeism.

One of the first sustainable features of a healthy building is good indoor air quality. This is typically achieved by incorporating ventilation systems that filter outdoor air, but this has some drawbacks such as the need to replace and clean filters or the need to force ventilation with motors that are not sustainable. Fortunately, there are alternative technologies such as the incorporation of the Open-Air Factor into closed surfaces.

Within these technologies, the innovation presented by PUROH stands out. It is a technology that replicates in a device the natural air disinfection of the atmosphere, in the so-called Advanced Oxidation Processes. This PUROH technology neutralizes toxic compounds and pathogens in the air and on surfaces with the same neutral radicals produced in the troposphere. PUROH radicals, unlike ions emitted by some devices, are neutral, which means that they have no risk of oxidizing metals, nor do they affect computers, equipment, or building materials, unlike conventional ionizers. The advantages over HEPA filters are also obvious; these do not act on surfaces, are noisy, consume a lot of energy, and are ineffective in places with constant public turnover.

There are several products that can be adapted to the needs of your project, from modules that can be incorporated into ventilation ducts to compact devices for installation in elevators and homes, to air modules for offices and industrial spaces. This technology is very affordable for the benefits it offers since it does not require any construction work to achieve the advantages of a healthy and sustainable building. This air improvement technology represents having the windows always open without altering the thermal or acoustic comfort. It is an ideal way to increase the BREEAM rating without undertaking much investment.

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