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Title Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Unpacking the Human Side of Healthy Homes with Olivia Swan and Dan Bowers Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Air Quality Matters Podcast Media type Other Duration/Length/Size 1hour 8 minutes Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 26/05/25 Description The drive towards healthy, net-zero housing is often framed as an engineering and materials science challenge. But what if the most crucial elements lie not just in U-values and ventilation rates, but in understanding human health, behaviour, and our interaction with the spaces we inhabit? In a recent episode of "Air Quality Matters," I had the pleasure of sitting down with two fascinating "accidental interlopers" in the built environment sector: Olivia Swann , a paediatric infectious disease consultant and data scientist, and Dan Bowers , Head of Psychology at the University of South Wales. Recorded on location at a University of Strathclyde symposium on healthy net-zero housing and digitization, our conversation ventured into the often-overlooked human dimensions of creating truly healthy living spaces.
This episode offers a refreshing perspective, reminding us that buildings are fundamentally for people. Livvy and Dan bring unique insights from their respective fields, highlighting why a multidisciplinary approach, placing human health and psychology at its core, is essential to truly "move the needle" on air quality and well-being in our homes.Producer/Author Simon Jones URL https://www.airqualitymatters.net/podcast Persons Daniel Bowers