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Tekha Selim discusses the impact of buildings on human health and the importance of designing for wellbeing.

What if your building could boost your health instead of harming it? In this episode of Green Minds, Tekha Selim, Executive Vice President at Delos and Head of MENA for the International WELL Building Institute, explains the real impact of buildings on human health and what it takes to design for wellbeing from the inside out. Here’s what we cover: Why air quality kills 7 million people every year The deadly misconception: “If it smells clean, it is clean” How cleaning products are silentl...

People in this episode

Host: Green

Guest: Tekha Selim

Topics covered

• air quality
• human health
• building design
• wellbeing
• cleaning products

Keywords

• air quality
• health
• buildings
• wellbeing
• cleaning products
• design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Delos, International WELL Building Institute

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