Symbiosis Principal Giancarlo Mangone’s new book on the performance benefits of integrating microforests into buildings is now available on Amazon.com

Symbiosis Principal Giancarlo Mangone's new book on performative microforests explores innovative research into the economic, social, and ecological performance benefits of integrating natural environments into office buildings, and describes why microforests are more effective sustainable solutions than other typical green building strategies, such as green roofs and green walls. Through both an in-depth review of existing literature and the presentation of cutting edge research conducted by the author, a diverse range of novel benefits that can be attained from integrating microforests into buildings are investigated. Integrating forests into buildings can reduce construction and operation costs, resource consumption rates, improve occupant productivity, creativity, and well-being, while also improving the health of local ecosystems. 

Microforests can help improve the economic, social, and ecological performance of buildings, occupants, and local communities.

The paperback version of this book is now available on amazon.com
The digital version of this book is now available on the TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment's website

Integrating forests into buildings can reduce construction and operation costs, improve occupant productivity, creativity, and well-being, while also improving the health of local ecosystems. Learn how at Giancarlo Mangone's lecture and PhD defense, Oct. 29th at Delft University of Technology

Integrating forests into buildings can reduce construction and operation costs, improve occupant productivity, creativity, and well-being, while also improving the health of local ecosystems.  Learn how the design of microforests in buildings can provide a diverse range of economic, social, and ecological benefits at Symbiosis Principal Giancarlo Mangone’s PhD lecture and thesis defense at the Senaatszaal room in the Aula auditorium, at Delft University of Technology, 12pm on October 29^th.

 

 

Employee productivity + creativity can be improved by working in natural environments, finds a study presented at ARCC 2015 by Symbiosis principal Giancarlo Mangone

                                          Semi-outdoor courtyard designed for high worker + building performance

Diverse natural environments improve worker performance for a range of work tasks, according to a new study presented at ARCC 2015 in Chicago by Symbiosis principal Giancarlo Mangone. The results of this study indicate that current work environments are ineffective at promoting worker performance. Companies can substantially increase their profits, and improve worker well being, by incorporating innovative, higher performance workspaces. To this end, a number of natural environments have been found to be particularly effective. For more information about this research project, visit the lecture at 9:00 in the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, on April 8, 2015.