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The word Bau-biologie™, comes from Germany. It is used to describe a movement promoting the use of healthy building principles as a means to improve living and work spaces and the health of people who occupy them. Bau-biologie literally means, "building biology." Both terms are now used interchangeably and both have exactly the same definition - "how buildings impact life and the living environment." Bau-biologie embodies biological, ecological, sensitive to nature, healthy, vital, human, organic, high quality, cultural and holistic. |
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PHILOSOPHY
Building Biology…. · is not a look back on a seemingly ideal past, but the vision of a future worth living. · is not primitive improvisation, but outstanding and responsible innovation based on aesthetic principles. · is not formalism, but takes nature as its role model. (Nature also features an abundance of shapes and colors.) · does not limit itself to advantages of individual occupants, but also shows consideration for fellow humans and the environment as a whole. · is not just about reducing the toxicity of individual building materials, but calls for a total approach to a healthy living environment. · is not an additional luxury item for only a few, but will form the foundation of future building activities worldwide. · is not too expensive, but includes the real costs up front which in conventional building methods are passed on to the general public, the next generation and the environment.
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Parts of this article are curtesy off the International Institute for Bau-Biologie & Ecology (IBE)/USA) |
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The 25 principles of building biology
Anton Schneider |
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