12 CORE Principles for Healthy Building Design

CORE Principle 12

Interior Wellness Design

Where Healthy Building Becomes Healthy Living

Interior Wellness Design brings the technical performance of the other CORE Principles into the spaces people actually experience every day.

Rather than treating interior design as decoration applied after the home is designed, SENERGY360 integrates interior architecture, wellness design, healthy materials, lighting, acoustics, furnishings, technology, biophilic design, and sensory comfort into the design process.

Biophilic living room with a rammed-earth wall, natural furnishings and desert views

SENERGY360 helps guide:

  • Interior architectural planning
  • Kitchens and bathrooms
  • Cabinetry and built-ins
  • Healthy finish selections
  • Healthy furnishings and textiles
  • Biophilic and nature-centered design
  • Daylight and exterior views
  • Acoustic comfort
  • Thermal comfort
  • Ergonomics
  • Sensory comfort
  • Bedroom and restorative-space design
  • Lighting integration
  • Low-EMF considerations
  • Hardwired technology
  • Appliance selection and placement
  • Accessibility and aging-in-place
  • Long-term adaptability

Nature Is the Gold Standard

We look to natural environments for many of the qualities people instinctively respond to—daylight, natural materials, texture, views, airflow, proportion, and connection to the outdoors.

Those elements are then balanced with building science, environmental health, modern technology, and the practical requirements of everyday living.

One of 12: Interior Wellness Design

Every principle is stronger when the other eleven are in the room.

SENERGY360 coordinates all twelve from early design through final verification.