Research & Development
We are constantly surrounded by hazardous materials inside buildings – we developed a design handbook aimed at cataloging these and their effects on people and implementing simple possible ways of avoiding their use in the design phase.
| Project Information | |
|---|---|
| Research Partner | ATP AG |
| Research Objective | Hazardous material guidelines with information about the content of hazardous materials and their effects on building interiors and the environment |
| Period | 2010 – 2012 |
| Project Team | Jens Glöggler Susanne Runkel |
Due to the huge number of materials used inside buildings and the subsequently huge number of chemical interfaces introduced into interiors, ATP decided to categorize these and organize a research project with the objective of creating a tool for integrated designers.
The systematic and then the typical incidence of hazardous materials were determined in order to create the clear basis for a conclusion. Due to the importance of clear definitions in tender documents for new buildings the third element of the project was the representation of limiting values and guidelines as a means of making it simpler to use materials with a low level of hazardous content.
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