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Wood and Indoor Environment

Wood and Indoor Environment


Provided By: Think Wood
February 20, 2019

The objectives of sustainable design are broader than just environmental effects, having come to embrace issues of human health and performance. Many factors influence whether a building has a positive or negative impact on its occupants. This course highlights remarkable buildings where the use of wood as a structural or finish material has made a unique contribution, with a focus on indoor air quality, acoustics, physical health, and a natural, positive human response to wood that has always been intuitive, but is increasingly being proven by research and experience.

Learning Objectives:

  • Define the relationship between a building’s sustainability and the health and performance of the building’s occupants.
  • Explore how wood was used to enhance the experience of building occupants in projects from around the country.
  • Recognize how wood used as a structural and finish material contributes to key elements of occupant environment including indoor air quality, acoustic performance, and physical health.
  • Examine evidence confirming the positive human response to wood for its aesthetic qualities and connection to nature.

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