Alternative Title
Linking Adaptive Reuse Strategies with the Well Building Standard to Improve Building Quality for Human Wellness
Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Thesis
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/31632
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
URI
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Abstract
The International Existing Building Code (IEBC) was first created alongside the International Building Code (IBC) in 1997 to address health and safety concerns in the built environment based upon prescriptive and performance related requirements. Used as a base code standard by most of the United States, the IEBC ensures that existing buildings that are being altered in some significant way are safe and accessible for all occupants. However, little consideration is given to the effects that the built environment has on human wellness in its entirety. Physical and mental wellness are essential aspects of a healthy lifestyle and are even more important in the development of youth. With that, can the IEBC be supplemented by an additional set of design standards which have been created to promote human wellness?
Recommended Citation
Kramer, Jared, "Wellness Through Adaptive Reuse" (2020). Architecture Theses. 716.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/architecture-theses/716