Building Smart: Designing for Health and Wellbeing
Course Description
Live Online Webinar: October 7, 2026 | 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM PDT
Home construction and design affects how we live. Including how we sleep, think, connect with others, and experience daily life.
Comfort is where it begins.
Learn to build homes that reduce stress and support health and well-being in the home. Ensure clean air, comfortable temperatures, natural light, healthy materials are included with thoughtful design.
This webinar features two internationally-recognized experts in building science and human-centred design. Discover the latest research on creating healthier homes through real-world examples that explore thoughtful design and show the impacts on health and quality of life.
What You'll Learn
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- Explain how homes can influence:
- Comfort
- Wellbeing
- Health
- Everyday experience
- Recognize how air quality, temperature, and what we see, hear, smell, and feel can affect people of different abilities
- Describe how building science and human-centered design can work together to create healthier homes
- Identify practical design strategies that can promote housing which is:
- Healthy
- Comfortable
- Resilient
- Explore how people’s health and wellbeing can be supported by:
- Sensory design
- Neuroarchitecture
- A connection to nature
Presenters
Laura Arpiainen
Laura Arpiainen is an internationally recognized expert in architecture, healthcare design, neuroarchitecture, and human-centred design. Her work explores how the built environment can support health, wellbeing, and human experience.
Robert Bean
Robert Bean is a retired ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer and leading educator in building systems, indoor environmental quality, thermal comfort, and environmental health, with decades of research and industry experience.