Buildings have a significant impact on your health. They can provide increased job satisfaction, better health, and inclusion through optimal use. In this article, we explain how.

The air quality of many buildings still leaves much to be desired, as Hailin Zheng observed during his PhD research at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). In his work, Zheng focuses specifically on measuring and improving air quality in daycare centers. “Children are more vulnerable to air pollution because their bodies and lungs are still developing,” he explains. On June 18, Zheng won the Renz van Luxemburg Award for impactful and multidisciplinary research on health in the built environment.

A large worksite and a cluttered office full of ambitious students. They are already building the houses of the future today. The goal: shaking the construction industry to its foundations.