According to one of Building Biology’s guiding principles, dwellings and housing estates should be individually planned, in harmony with nature, fit for human habitation and family oriented. This paper will discuss, step by step, how this can be achieved and the potential benefits of such dwellings to your health and wellbeing.

Each summer, mosquitoes make their presence felt as their biting behaviour disrupts our outdoor activities. Australians spend thousands of dollars annually on lamps, traps, candles, sprays, coils and personal insect repellents in an attempt to keep mosquitoes at bay. Unfortunately, they are unaware of the potential adverse health effects of many of these products.

With the current emphasis on energy efficiency, buildings are generally constructed to be air-tight, leading to insufficient air exchange. Hence, chemicals that enter the indoor environment either from the outside or from internal sources stay trapped within our living space, where they may make us sick.