Evaluating Healthy Housing Parameters in Co-op Housing Examples in Canada

There are many important aspects to consider in evaluating healthy housing, and this study focused specifically on three main parameters: daylight, ventilation and outdoor space. Daylight availability was evaluated because studies show that daylight positively impacts health and wellbeing. Following COVID-19, many studies on healthy buildings have focused on ventilation. Increasingly, residents in multi-family housing are concerned about being able to ventilate their apartments. In many apartments there are windows on only one facade and it is therefore impossible to have daylight reach the back of the unit, or for it to achieve natural cross ventilation. Numerous studies have shown that access to outdoor space and proximity to outdoor space are connected to peopleís health and wellbeing and so this was a parameter in this study.