While green and sustainable buildings were all the rage at one time, the next trend could be in wellness buildings where a building is designed to promote health and wellness of its occupants.
“Wellness is the new sustainability. The focus has shifted from how to save energy in the building, to how the building affects people’s health and wellness. This is the future trend,” said immediate past president of Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) Ezumi Harzani in his presentation entitled “Designing for ‘Wellness’: Fact versus Fallacies” at Edgeprop.my Talk on Building for ‘Wellness’.
