Built Environment Consultancy | Healthy Buildings & Smart Buildings
Human Factors Approach to Indoor Environment Design
Indoor space planning and design can greatly benefit from a human factors approach. We provide consultancy incorporating Ergonomics and human factors principles to create environments that support occupant health, wellbeing and productivity.
With people spending up to 90% of their time indoors, buildings are key promoters of health and wellbeing. Good design considers not just aesthetics and efficiency but the physical, physiological, psychological and social sustainability of occupants.
Smart Buildings
Smart Buildings integrate technology and data to optimise building performance, but the human experience must remain central. A truly smart building uses technology to enhance occupant comfort, health and productivity, not just energy efficiency. Human factors expertise ensures smart building systems adapt to human needs rather than forcing occupants to adapt to technology.
What I Offer
User-Centred Workplace Design
By understanding how people actually work, their needs for focused time and collaboration, how they solve problems and your organisational culture, we help optimise indoor environments to support comfort, wellbeing and productivity.
Design Considerations Include:
Furniture and equipment selection
Air quality management
Lighting design (daylighting, circadian lighting, glare control)
Thermal comfort
Acoustic comfort
Biophilic design elements
Flexible workplace design
Occupant control and engagement
Applicable to All Settings:
Commercial offices
Educational institutions
Healthcare facilities
Industrial environments
Hospitality and retail
Institutional settings
Collaborative Approach
Healthy buildings and workplace design requires collaboration across disciplines. We work alongside:
Architects | Designers | Engineers | Facilities Management | Building Services Engineers (MEP, HVAC, Acoustics, Lighting) | Interior Designers | Biophilic Designers | Technologists
Alignment with Healthy Building Standards
WELL Building Standard
The WELL Building Standard is a comprehensive framework measuring building attributes that impact occupant health across 10 concepts: Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Movement, Thermal Comfort, Sound, Materials, Mind and Community.
Fitwel
Fitwel evaluates and rates health and wellbeing aspects of the built environment, focused on improving occupant experience, performance, productivity, morale and retention.
Practical Application
Whether your organisation wishes to pursue full certification or simply apply useful concepts to improve your working environment, WELL and Fitwel provide valuable frameworks for designing healthier spaces and transforming organisational policy.
Human Factors & Ergonomics
Human Factors considers anything that impacts, affects, shapes or influences people, physically, psychologically or socially, individually or collectively. It's human-centred and holistic, accounting for human needs, wants, behaviours, capabilities and limitations.
Ergonomics is a subset of human factors, focused specifically on optimising the interaction between people and their environment, equipment and tasks.
This approach naturally encompasses biophilic design, air quality management, occupant thermal and acoustic comfort, views, productivity, engagement, satisfaction and more.
Get in Touch
Interested in applying human factors principles to your workplace or building project?
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