KB Home and the Well Living Lab, a research lab founded by Delos and Mayo Clinic, have launched the first phase of its multiyear research project with the unveiling of a concept home designed to educate customers on the potential health benefits of a new KB home.
The concept home demonstrates healthy home benefits through the latest advancements in design and construction materials. It features four microenvironments that showcase health-focused products and technologies and can be viewed by visiting the community or by virtual tour.
“As a pioneer in the science of building healthier homes and as the first home builder to partner with the Well Living Lab, we’re proud to showcase the benefits of a new KB home and the latest healthy home technologies and products in a real-life setting,” says Jeffrey Mezger, KB Home’s chairman, president, and chief executive officer. “We remain committed to delivering the benefits of health and comfort, and offering affordable new homes that can make a positive impact on our customers’ well-being.”
The home is located at the builder’s new Santolina at South Mountain community in Phoenix—chosen due to its proximity to the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale campus—and includes the following features:
- Health Remote Check-Up: Engages smart devices to measure health status and key biometrics of people in the home. Using a wellness intelligence ecosystem, the home environment can be adjusted to enhance aspects of health, such as sleep.
- MindBreaks Room: Offers a personalized wellness space that uses immersive audio and visual content intended to increase energy, reduce stress, enhance mood, improve focus, and boost performance.
- Safer Inside: Showcases products and technologies designed to reduce virus transmission. This includes many products that come standard in a new KB home, including low- or zero-VOC products in carpeting, paint, insulation, and cabinetry, comprehensive air sealants to significantly reduce drafts, moisture, dust, and pollen, as well as antimicrobial door handles and touchless faucets.
- Home Office Reimagined: Features products and technologies that depict elements of a supportive home office, such as ergonomically correct furnishings and flexible office products.
The Well Living Lab’s human-centered research aims to understand the interaction between health, well-being, and indoor environments. In its healthy home program, the organization focuses on the impact of the home environment on physical and mental health, sleep, and performance, and provides an opportunity to translate and apply scientific discoveries that may improve the health and well-being of people in homes.
“The Well Living Lab and KB Home share a commitment to improve the health and well-being of individuals and families,” says Dr. Véronique Roger, research director of the Well Living Lab and professor of medicine and epidemiology at Mayo Clinic. “Americans spend 90% of their time indoors—perhaps even more so now with the pandemic. It’s more important than ever to ensure our home environments are as healthy as they can be.”
