HEALTHY HOME ASSESSMENT - INTRODUCTION
"The person who manages your building has a bigger impact on your health than your doctor."
- Dr. Joseph G. Allen & John D. Macomber, Harvard University
Discover how your home impacts your health
Discover how to maximize your home’s support for your health and life enjoyment. The quiz has been designed by Healthy Buildings specialist architects.
The online self-assessment consists of simple questions, which are intended to empower you to gain an understanding of the different ways that your home - silently but powerfully - impacts your health and wellbeing.
Start Your Journey to a Happier, Healthier Home
The Healthy Home Assessment is intended to help you transform your home into a more health-enhancing one.
It is all about empowerment, so that you don’t need to hire an architect to learn about latest innovation and research in healthy building design.
Your home can be made more health-enhancing on any budget. The quiz can help those who simply want to re-arrange their home, as well as DIY enthusiasts and self-builders; but is also helpful for those who wish to involve professional design consultants to creation of their dream home.
The Quiz has been created by award-winning architects and healthy building specialists and is intended to help you to be in control of the design of your own home.
Discover where your home is currently supporting your wellbeing and where you could make some improvements.
No matter how content and happy you are in your home, there are always areas that could use some improvement. Think about the air quality, sounds, daylight, your sleep environment.... What aspects of your home have you ignored in order to focus your attention elsewhere?
We are the products of our environments and thoroughly moulded by them. Being in an uplifting, inspiring and energising space every day can have a profound impact on you.
Our mission is to help you feel empowered to transform your living environment into a health-promoting and uplifting one.
Along with an overall score for your home, you'll receive a score based on key areas:
Air
Every breath you take can either energise you or harm your health.
Nutrition
Is your home making it easy for you to meet your healthy eating goals?
Sleep, Recovery
Good home design can greatly improve your recovery and sleep.
Daylight, Lighting
Daylight impacts our energy levels, moods and hormones. Electric lights create atmospheres.
Water
Are there dangers lurking in your water or does it nourish and refresh you?
Mental Health
Your home affects your sub-conscious mind, social life, and ability to bounce back from stress.
Exercise and Movement
Keep your blood oxygenated and organs nourished by regular movement.
Pests, Invasive Plants
Let's think about your home's vulnerability to pests and overgrowing plants.
Do you have symptoms of electrical sensitivity (ES), are your electrical installations safe and how good is your digital health?
Digital Health, Electricity
Safety, Accessibility
Is your home keeping you safe from harm? Is it resilient in the face of natural disasters? Does is cater for any special needs?
Art, Culture
Your personality, ability to express yourself and feel at home, is linked with creative endeavours and cultural preferences.
Sounds, Senses
Sounds can control your moods and the most enjoyable environments are multi-sensory.
Is your home easy to keep clean and un-cluttered? Is it organised the way that allows you to enjoy it everyday?
Hygiene, Organisation
Nature
The impact of nature on your health and mental health is profound. Views of nature have even been shown to act as a painkiller.
Thermal Health
The temperature and humidity levels in your home can have a profound impact on the quality of your sleep and energy levels.
General
The big picture of your home, how would you assess the overall feeling of it?
Ready to get started on your journey to the extraordinary living environment you desire – and deserve?
A ‘home health wheel’ will be generated for you immediately after you finish the questions, indicating areas that need more of your attention.
The questions will be displayed in a randomised order and one question can impact one or more categories, as well as the overall (general category) score.
Start the Assessment
Choose the length of the quiz below depending on how much time you want to commit to it.