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    TRADA Topics: Healthy Buildings

    Empirical studies have documented that both active and passive experiences of nature may be beneficial for human health and well-being. The use of natural materials such as wood is expected to improve the user experience and provide connection to nature. Below we have compiled an extensive list of TRADA resources which elaborate on the role of healthy buildings in supporting the physical, psychological and social well-being of people.

     

    Recommended Reading

    Wood Information

    Briefing document The role of wood in healthy buildings 

    Research Summary Timber and healthy buildings: indoor air quality

    Wood Information Sheet Specifying timber for healthy buildings

    Timber design pioneers: Designing for well-being

    Magazine Articles

    Is wood good for your health?

    A place of refuge

    Future trends in the timber industry: wellness, digital fabrication and soaring ambition

    Case Studies

    Believe in Better Building, Osterley, London

    Mellor Primary School, Stockport

    Living Planet Centre, Woking, Surrey

    Sunbeams Music Centre, Penrith, Cumbria

    The Enterprise Centre, Norwich, East Anglia

    Maggie's Oldham, Greater Manchester 

    The Dyson Centre for Neonatal Care, Bath

    Arcadia Nursery, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh

    Maggie's at the Robert Parfett Building, Manchester 

    Maggie's Oxford Centre, Oxford, Oxfordshire

    Info from other organisations

    Workplaces, Wellness and Wood

    Major Timber Industry Members

    James Latham
    Saint-Gobain
    Meyer Timber
    B & K Structures
    Champion Timber
    Alsford Timber

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