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Joe Allen
Harvard Faculty Bio
Harvard Faculty Bio
Harvard Healthy Buildings Program
Harvard Healthy Buildings Program
By placing health as the north star in how we approach our buildings, we can transition from the sick to the healthy building era.
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60 Minutes: The Air We Breathe
60 Minutes: The Air We Breathe
Joe Allen believes rethinking building design, with an eye on better ventilation systems, is crucial for public health.
HBR: Healthy+Green
HBR: Healthy+Green
The Covid-19 pandemic has increased pressures for companies to ensure workspaces are better ventilated. But eco-friendly design guidelines call for ensuring that energy heating or cooling such spaces isn not wasted. Are healthy and green building principles in conflict? They don’t have to be. Several actions, such as regular building tune-ups, filters, air-quality monitoring, and electrification, can lead to progress on one front without diminishing it on the other.
HBR: IAQ sensors
HBR: IAQ sensors
Organizations that aren’t yet thinking about how to implement real-time air-quality monitoring in their buildings should do so soon. First, because any employee or customer can now collect rudimentary data in real time. Second, because corporate air sensor networks can offer timely actionable information in moments of crisis, enhance worker health and productivity, and help them achieve climate and sustainability goals. It is important to know which indicators to measure, including CO 2 , PM 2.5 , TVOCS, T/RH, and to think carefully about sensor placement and density, the setting of thresholds, and response plans.
HBR: Forever Chemicals
HBR: Forever Chemicals
Harvard Healthy Materials Playbook
Harvard Healthy Materials Playbook
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