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Adele Houghton links building design to health / climate response / social equity: learn more about the "co-benefits" lens

  • 1.  Adele Houghton links building design to health / climate response / social equity: learn more about the "co-benefits" lens

    Posted 06-09-2021 12:08 AM

    Adele Houghton, architect and public health PhD candidate (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), has recently published an intriguing article about the "co-benefits" that are the focus of her career and doctoral studies. Interestingly, COVID-19 has sharpened the understanding of connections that Adele has long addressed -- between design, public health, climate response, and social equity. 

    Harvard Public Health Review article

    https://harvardpublichealthreview.org/2021/06/07/29-article-houghton/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://harvardpublichealthreview.org/2021/06/07/29-article-houghton/

    On Thursday, June 10, Adele is also presenting at USGBC Live (10:30am PT) on this topic: https://www.usgbc.org/education/sessions/learning-covid-green-building-through-lens-co-benefits-12848253" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.usgbc.org/education/sessions/learning-covid-green-building-through-lens-co-benefits-12848253

    Here's a https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/play/Ca448BdgkiWdryd-nvyixNeV1ox4YmLfO82442FcrF1J8w2xtJoygRAsiO7zkFqvGOpHR-To8TZwZhR6.rCVaiz8XqolFPYLa?autoplay=true&startTime=1619460971000" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="letter-spacing: 0.02em">video message from Adele Houghton about the article and the topic.



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