对建筑环境中的健康和福祉的研究解决了人与环境互动带来的正面和负面影响。了解环境（尤其是建筑环境）的作用及其对人类健康和福祉的影响，可以帮助改善人们的生活质量，并为环境的设计和管理提供可持续的方法。这种类型的研究需要一种跨学科的方法，研究团队包括具有环境心理学，流行病学，城镇规划，建筑和社区心理学背景的人员。该小组与工程师，设计师和经理合作，探讨设计和设计环境对人们的体验以及随后的健康和福祉的影响。
Research into health and wellbeing in the built environment addresses the positive and negative effects from people-environment interactions. Understanding the role of the environment, particularly the built environment, and its effect on human health and wellbeing, can help to improve people's quality of life and provide a sustainable approach to the design and management of our environments. This type of research requires an interdisciplinary approach and the research team includes staff with backgrounds in environmental psychology, epidemiology, town planning, architecture, and community psychology. The group work with engineers, designers, and managers to explore the implications of designed and engineered environments on people's experiences and subsequent health and wellbeing.