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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Designing and Building with Healthier Materials
This online course explored basic concepts of how the built environment impacts human health. Learners identified the relationship between building materials and human health, looking at the life cycles of materials and pathways of chemical exposure. They evaluated building materials based on toxicology and chemical risks, learning strategies for designers. They explored what the role of occupants may be in maintaining building health and what can be done to create healthier environments.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Alison Mears
Associate Professor of Architecture
Parsons School of Design
Catherine Murphy
Senior Researcher, Healthy Materials Lab
Parsons School of Design
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explain the relationship between building materials and human health
- Evaluate building materials based on human health outcomes
- Assess how healthier design approaches impact occupants
- Debate what can be done to develop healthier environments
- Identify the relationship between building materials and human health
- Explore how healthier design approaches impact occupants and what can be done to develop healthier environments
Syllabus
- What are healthier materials and associated chemicals
- The relationship between building materials and human health
- Strategies and guiding principles for designers
- The role of occupants
- Envisioning healthy built environments
Issued on 6th June 2022
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