The InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2020 - Integrating sustainability and health in buildings through renewable materials

Session

Human health in the built environment

Sep 3, 2020, 11:00 AM

Belvedere Hotel

Description

Research on design solutions and technology to support human well-being across demographics as well as studies investigating how human health is influenced by design decisions.

24. Appreciation/acceptance of traditional and modern appearance of materi-als and products by users

Dr Veronika Kotradyová (Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia)

Paper deals with phenomena of taste for modern or traditional approach by creating built environment and its elements with particular surfaces. It is related to the research project Identity- SK- common platform of design, architecture and social sciences, where is a main goal to explore regional identity within socio-cultural sustainability and well-being and the possibilities of its...

15. Bioinspired building materials – lesson from nature

Anna Sandak (InnoRenew CoE)

Plants evolved during 460 million years to a constantly changing environment and became well adapted to different climatic conditions (Koch and Barthlott, 2009). Due to their immobility as individuals, plants are an excellent biological material for detecting climate phenomena. Living organisms use smart, optimized and elegant solutions to survive, thanks to continuous selection and mutation...

14. Development of outdoor environment in schools with natural materials – a response of future users

Mr Aarne Johannes Niemelä Niemelä

The natural environment encourages learning and playing. Many studies have proven that children can develop more complex and creative play in nature due to diversity of materials and objects in comparison to indoors or standardized playgrounds (Kos, 2013). Through play, children learn about themselves and the physical, social and cultural environment in which they live. This develops empathy...

31. Ensuring the health of users with the integrated approach to the renovation of school buildings

Dr Anja Jutraz (Asist. dr.)

INTRODUCTION. It is important how we design, maintain and renovate school environments, as they are designed for children, who are the most vulnerable population and they spend in school on average around 8 hours per day. Quality school environment influences different dimensions of our health. Through the entire life cycle of the building following parameters have to be considered: noise,...

35. Psychophysiological and attention restoration in a wooden office: A pilot study

Dean Lipovac (InnoRenew CoE & UP IAM)

It has been shown that certain indicators of human stress can improve in interior spaces with visible wood (e.g., Burnard and Kutnar, 2019). Due to the scarcity of studies, additional research is needed to confirm and clarify current findings. Ideally, human stress responses in indoor environments should be captured by combining measures of physiological arousal, affective states, and...

39. School Furniture as a Risk Factor for Musculoskeletal Pain among Slovenian Students

Nastja Podrekar (InnoRenew CoE)

The very first environment where a human is exposed to long term sitting is school envi-ronment. School furniture could be one of the external risk factors for musculoskeletal pain among students. The aim of this study was to evaluate school furniture as a risk factor for musculoskeletal pain among Slovenian students. The study was divided into two parts. First-ly, a review regarding the...