Building biology

<p><b>Building biology</b> (or <b><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baubiologie" class="extiw" title="de:Baubiologie">Baubiologie</a></b> as it was coined in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>) is a field of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_science" title="Building science">building science</a> investigating the indoor living <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem" title="Ecosystem">environment</a> for a variety of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irritation" title="Irritation">irritants</a>. Practitioners believe the environment of residential, commercial and public buildings can affect the health of the occupants, producing a restful or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_%28medicine%29" title="Stress (medicine)" class="mw-redirect">stressful</a> environment. Important areas of building biology <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_materials" title="Building materials" class="mw-redirect">building materials</a> and processes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_field" title="Electromagnetic field">electromagnetic fields</a> (EMFs) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation" title="Electromagnetic radiation">radiation</a> (EMR) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor_air_quality" title="Indoor air quality">indoor air quality</a> (IAQ).<sup id="cite_ref-IBE_1-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_biology#cite_note-IBE-1">[1]</a></sup></p>

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There are 25 Principles of Building Biology <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.baubiologie.de/site/english/principles.php">[1]</a>, which govern the decision making of Building Biologists.</p>