Multi Comfort Buildings

Whether they're residential or commercial, the way that buildings perform is really important for our health and general comfort - especially since we spend so much of our time in them. Yet we rarely consider their impact on our state of mind and overall sense of wellbeing.

Breathe

Indoor air comfort. Is determined by the absence of health-threatening pollutants, bad smells, sensory irritations, and stuffiness.

Hear

Acoustic Comfort. The right level and quality of sound absorption and sound insulation to enable speech clarity and privacy

Feel

Thermal comfort. Designing a balanced thermal comfort environment is key to feeling comfortable. Not too warm or too cold.

See

Visual comfort. Designing for daylight provision, uniform light distribution and a good combination of natural and artificial light

Saint-Gobain Multi Comfort

Whether they’re residential or commercial, the way that buildings perform is really important for our health and general comfort – especially since we spend so much of our time in them. Yet we rarely consider their impact on our state of mind and overall sense of wellbeing. So what should we expect?

At Saint-Gobain, we believe that feeling good in a building is about having the perfect amount of light, the proper level of sound and ideal temperature. It is about design and technology, beauty and safety, efficiency and sustainability. A good living place is adaptable to us, rather than the other way around.

Buildings have the potential not just to protect people from negative aspects of the world outside – such as noise, weather, and pollutants – but also to make us feel happier and enable us to live, work and play in healthier internal environments.

Through our Multi Comfort program, we’ve been exploring many different aspects of building design to understand how comfort works in real built environments.