About Healthy Buildings Network Leeds
We are building bridges across disciplines, councils, and industries to create indoor environments that foster health, wellbeing, and sustainability.
Collaborating across disciplines
Knowledge sharing at our seminars
Cross-disciplinary Collaboration
Our Vision & Mission
Our Vision
A world where all buildings enhance the health, well-being, and sustainability of their occupants and the planet through collaborative, evidence-based approaches.
Our Mission
Healthy Buildings Network Leeds emerged to foster meaningful collaboration on how buildings impact health. We actively engage across campuses, councils and industries, driving innovative research for healthier indoor environments.
Our Story
Network Formation
Our founders initiated the Healthy Buildings Network as a Horizons Challenge Network at the University of Leeds.
Official Launch
We officially launched the network with an event featuring panel discussions and interactive activities.
Seminar Series
Initiated our seminar series with speakers including Liora Malki-Epshtein, Chuck Gerba, and Pete Apps.
Funded Projects
Awarded funding to 4 innovative pump-priming projects exploring different aspects of healthy buildings.
UKIEG 2025 Conference
Hosting the UK Indoor Environments Group annual conference at the University of Leeds. The Book of Abstracts is published with an ISBN.
ECR Funding Round
Awarded co-funding to four early-career researcher proposals, each creating a public-facing event around a different aspect of healthy buildings.
ECR Workshop Series
Four ECR-led public workshops took place across Spring 2026, exploring infection transmission, child-friendly design, acoustic wellbeing, and home microbiomes, reaching new audiences beyond the university.
Clean Air Day Partnership
Co-organised Clear the Air: Practical Steps for Healthier Homes with CELIA CIC for Clean Air Day, bringing together researchers, residents, and practitioners to take action on indoor air quality.
HBN Showcase 2026
Over 100 attendees joined us at University House to celebrate two years of HBN research: keynote by Prof. Marcella Ucci (UCL), eight funded project presentations, and a panel debate on the future of healthy buildings.
Read the recap →Airborne Transmission Seminar
Prof. Yuguo Li, an internationally recognised expert on airborne infection and indoor environments, spoke at the Bragg Building and online. Co-hosted with the Leeds Institute for Fluid Dynamics.
Read the recap →NIHR Sandpit
A half-day bringing researchers and practitioners together to build teams and shape outline applications for the NIHR Public Health Research call, co-led with Reimagine Ageing.
Event page →Autumn Series Opens
Jenny McLaughlin of Heathrow opened the autumn seminar series with Design for Safety: is everyone safe?, on inclusive design, the agency pyramid, and what happens when you try to score something nobody can see.
Read the write-up →Five Networks, One Motion
HBN joins HESTIA, Air Hub, BreatHE IN and UKIEG for a World Ventilation Day round table, putting one motion on legally binding indoor air quality limits to an audience vote.
Event page →Meet the Founders
Martín López-García
Co-Founder & Director
Martín is Professor of Mathematical Biology in the School of Mathematics, focusing on stochastic models for bacteria spread in hospitals.
Irene Mussio
Co-Founder & Director
Irene is a lecturer in the Business School specialising in behavioural economics and risk-risk trade-offs.
Marco-Felipe King
Co-Founder & Director
Marco-Felipe is a lecturer in Civil Engineering whose expertise includes modelling human behaviour in the built environment.
Our Key Focus Areas
Our research and activities span multiple interconnected areas that contribute to the creation of healthier, more sustainable built environments.
Health & Ergonomics
Indoor Air Quality
Thermal Comfort
Lighting
Water Quality
Infection Control
Sustainable Materials
Energy Efficiency
Equity & Access
Environmental Resilience
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HBN thrives through diverse partnerships. We're actively seeking collaborators from academia, local government, industry, and the wider community.
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