The evidence base for Architectural Epidemiology is growing - one study at a time.

Architectural Epidemiology: Introducing a Transdisciplinary Field of Study and Practice Using Real Estate as a Mechanism for Epidemiological Interventions on Climate Change and Chronic Disease

Adele Houghton and Carlos Castillo-Salgado. In: Jarrett C, Sharag-Eldin A, eds. Proceedings of the ARCC-EAAE 2022 International Conference, Resilient City: Physical, Social, and Economic Perspectives. Architectural Research Centers Consortium, Inc.; 2022:41-48. Link

Bridging the Gaps between Public Health and Architecture: A Research Agenda for Architectural Epidemiology

Adele Houghton. In: Proceedings of the 2022 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference: Resilient Futures. 2022:68-74. Available at: https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AIA.Inter.22.9

Analysis of Correlations Between Neighborhood-level Vulnerability to Climate Change and Protective Green Building Design Strategies: A Spatial and Ecological Analysis

Adele Houghton and Carlos Castillo-Salgado. Building and Environment. 2020. 168: 106523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.106523

Associations between Green Building Design Strategies and Community Health Resilience to Extreme Heat Events: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Adele Houghton and Carlos Castillo-Salgado. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019. 16(4): 663. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16040663


Health Co-Benefits of Green Building Design Strategies and Community Resilience to Urban Flooding: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

Adele Houghton and Carlos Castillo-Salgado. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017. 14(12): 1519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121519

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We are continually updating the evidence base for the new, transdisciplinary field of architectural epidemiology. If you have published an article that will help bridge the gap between building projects and community goals for climate change and chronic disease, drop us a line.