Can Healthier Buildings Make Us Healthier People?

Well Well Well is Seattle Met’s regular health and wellness column, covering the sometimes surprising ways we can support our physical, emotional, social, and environmental well-being.

Back in my early 20s, I worked a part-time job as a proofreader at a small company. My coworkers were lovely and the work was interesting, but what I mostly remember is that it was the middle of the summer in balmy Dallas, and I felt like a human popsicle.

The thermostat in my office was controlled by a man whose metabolic rate was clearly much different than mine. I bundled up in sweaters and blankets and periodically warmed my hands, willing them

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