Turning small scale real estate decisions into large-scale action on climate change and chronic disease
We catalyze global progress on climate change and chronic disease by helping green and healthy building projects reflect community needs
Buildings account for nearly 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) and up to 1/5 of chronic disease.
The building sector has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to flip from being a major contributor to climate change and chronic disease to becoming one of the primary forces behind their decline.
Architectural epidemiology takes a four-pronged approach to transforming the real estate industry into a vehicle for community benefit.
The Book
Architectural Epidemiology is a practical field guide designed to help real estate teams, local government, and community groups bridge the property boundary, so that each project design creates a ripple effect on its surroundings that lead to tangible benefits to the daily lives of building occupants, their neighbors, and the community as a whole.
Pre-order on Amazon. Publication date 2025.
The Tool
ArchEPI is an online tool that helps real estate development teams, local government, and local communities use metrics as a common language to create shared value around action on climate change and chronic disease.
The Community
We are building a community of like-minded practitioners who believe, like we do, that the building sector has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to flip from being a major contributor to climate change and chronic disease to becoming one of the primary forces behind their decline.
The Evidence
Architectural Epidemiology is a method anchored by scientific evidence.
Read our publications to learn more about the science behind our work.
“The key is to bring the outside, in. If building projects respond to neighborhood climate and health needs, their efforts will ripple through the community and generate value for their investors. ”
— Adele Houghton, Founder
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