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Wellbeing an overview Lynne Ceeney Technical Director, BSRIA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Wellbeing an overview Lynne Ceeney Technical Director, BSRIA - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Wellbeing an overview Lynne Ceeney Technical Director, BSRIA Making buildings better What is wellbeing? Making buildings better What is wellbeing? Making buildings better But we can extract from management theory: Making buildings
Making buildings better
What is wellbeing?
Making buildings better
What is wellbeing?
Making buildings better
But we can extract from management theory:
Making buildings better
But we can extract from management theory:
Making buildings better
But we can extract from management theory:
Making buildings better
… note it is not enough to remove the negative Hertzberg (1964) dual factor theory: To get the best from workers
Hygiene factors: Cause dissatisfaction – need to be minimised
- r removed
Motivation factors: Need to be added or improved to get the best from workers
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Applying this to buildings:
Wellbeing has three components:
- Physical – the body
- Functional – the task
- Psychological – the mind
(After Vischer)
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- Air quality (better control of indoor than
- utdoor?)
- Acoustics (still mainly hearing protection
rather than distraction or irritation?)
- Lighting (lux levels, but not light quality?)
- Thermal comfort (there is a minimum
working temperature but no maximum – currently…)
Physical wellbeing
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- Air quality (better control of indoor than
- utdoor?)
- Acoustics (still mainly hearing protection
rather than distraction or irritation?)
- Lighting (lux levels, but not light quality?)
- Thermal comfort (there is a minimum
working temperature but no maximum – currently…)
We can measure and test all of this but…
Physical wellbeing
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…the industry does not always get it right!
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…the industry does not always get it right!
Architects Journal 1 Nov 2016 Evening Standard 1st Nov 2016
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…the industry does not always get it right!
Architects Journal 1 Nov 2016 Evening Standard 1st Nov 2016 Zero Carbon Hub 2014
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…the industry does not always get it right!
Architects Journal 1 Nov 2016 Evening Standard 1st Nov 2016 Zero Carbon Hub 2014
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BSRIA Soft Landings
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BSRIA Soft Landings
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BSRIA Soft Landings
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BSRIA Soft Landings
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There is no magic setting that suits everyone
People create individual controls
(although some building managers dissuade!)
Making buildings better
There is no magic setting that suits everyone
People create individual controls
(although some building managers dissuade!)
Making buildings better
There is no magic setting that suits everyone
People create individual controls
(although some building managers dissuade!)
Making buildings better
There is no magic setting that suits everyone
People create individual controls
(although some building managers dissuade!)
Making buildings better
There is no magic setting that suits everyone
People create individual controls
(although some building managers dissuade!)
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Functional wellbeing
- Flexible….
– locations (spaces, not necessarily places) – fixtures and fittings (different people, different tasks) – ICT – work / life boundaries – “streets”, childcare in buildings, relaxation… – work times
- Collaboration spaces
- Fitness – “sitting is the new smoking”
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Functional wellbeing
- Flexible….
– locations (spaces, not necessarily places) – fixtures and fittings (different people, different tasks) – ICT – work / life boundaries – “streets”, childcare in buildings, relaxation… – work times
- Collaboration spaces
- Fitness – “sitting is the new smoking”
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- Health conscious – fitbits / food /
fruit.
- Access to nature
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Personal comfort
- Playfulness
- Collaboration and being part of a
team
Mental wellbeing
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Building regs mostly “treated as a ceiling, rather than a floor” (UKGBC). So emergence
- f other standards:
- US based Well Building standard
- SHIFT for social housing
- Home Quality Mark emerging
- BREEAM and LEED cover component
elements
Standards for wellbeing
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Building regs mostly “treated as a ceiling, rather than a floor” (UKGBC). So emergence
- f other standards:
- US based Well Building standard
- SHIFT for social housing
- Home Quality Mark emerging
- BREEAM and LEED cover component
elements
Standards for wellbeing
… what happens to the buildings that get left behind? Imperfect market in private housing and speculative buildings.
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New methods of procurement
- Performance Related Contracting
- Leasing equipment, requiring futureproofing
- Integrated systems, operable controls
– Buying outcomes, not outputs – Requires a lot more collaboration – Needs a change of attitude – Upskilling and upwilling.
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Links to SMART cities
- Buildings don’t stand alone
- Wider synergy - energy and heat
storage, data, heat recovery
– District heating and energy schemes – Electric vehicles as batteries – Buildings as energy generators
- Need to communicate with each
- ther
– Common standards? – Central controls?
- Information issues
– Who owns it? – Who can access it? – How secure is it? – What will people do with it?
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Links to SMART cities
- Buildings don’t stand alone
- Wider synergy - energy and heat
storage, data, heat recovery
– District heating and energy schemes – Electric vehicles as batteries – Buildings as energy generators
- Need to communicate with each
- ther
– Common standards? – Central controls?
- Information issues
– Who owns it? – Who can access it? – How secure is it? – What will people do with it?
Making buildings better
Links to SMART cities
- Buildings don’t stand alone
- Wider synergy - energy and heat
storage, data, heat recovery
– District heating and energy schemes – Electric vehicles as batteries – Buildings as energy generators
- Need to communicate with each
- ther
– Common standards? – Central controls?
- Information issues
– Who owns it? – Who can access it? – How secure is it? – What will people do with it?
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The virtuous triangle:
BSRIA’s view - The ultimate objective for built environment industry plc:
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Wellbeing Cost and resource efficiency Process
- ptimisation
The virtuous triangle:
BSRIA’s view - The ultimate objective for built environment industry plc:
Making buildings better