There are many pioneers in the world. Men and women who said, hey, this isn't working. What do we do about it? They found no one else was working on it, so they began the journey alone into an aspect of the world that had been ignored or not understood up until then.
Helmut Ziehe found himself in this exact predicament when, as a young architect from Germany, he had been working on the government provided homes in Africa for a community of 90,0000 inhabitants. The people had abandoned these concrete homes for living in tents which were much more cool and did not heat up during the day so much that air conditioning could not bring relief. What went wrong with these homes to make them so unlivable?
He had been trained at the Technical University of Berlin and held a Masters in Tropical Studies from the London School of Archetecture. That year, 1980, he began studying the historical homes of the region which consisted of clay building materials and shaded walkways, some of which dated as far back as 4,000 years earlier. This is where he found his answers. Homes that were healthy and enjoyable to live in, not like the hot concrete block homes that were built without thought.
This experience was the beginnings of what we now know as Building Biology. What started in Germany and then went to England ended up in the United States when Helmut moved to Florida and began developing the Building Biology Institute in the US.
But what is Building Biology? It is a way of looking at the home from a livability standpoint. Is your house making you sick? Does your house make you healthy? Is there plenty of ventilation? How is the air quality? Do you get plenty of sunlight in your home? Is there a mold problem? A chemical problem? Is there electromagnetic pollution that is making people sick in the home? Does your house get enough moisture? Too much moisture?
Today, the Building Biology Institute enrolls people from all over the world to take the training they will use to help others overcome problems with the livability of their homes. They are average people interested in health, they are electricians, electronics engineers, real estate agents, builders.
As a student of the Building Biology, I have taken an interest in the EMF aspect of the school. I decided that it wasn't enough to just fix my home and clean up the electro pollution in my home, I needed to share this knowledge with others. Everyone should be able to have a clean EMF free home and understand what exposures they are experiencing in their homes, what that means, and what they can do to remediate the situation.
You can find loads of information on this site. I am also available for consult. And since I'm still in training, it's absolutely free. Email, phone or Skype work equally well. I'm on track to get my EMRS certification this year. You can find more information about the Building Biology Institute at https://buildingbiologyinstitute.org
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