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.
āWellness is the new sustainability. The focus has shifted from how to save energy in the building, to how the building affects peopleās health and wellness. This is the future trend,ā said immediate past president of Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM) Ezumi Harzani in his presentation entitled āDesigning for āWellnessā: Fact versus Fallaciesā at Edgeprop.my Talk on Building for āWellnessā.