KB Home and the Well Living Lab Unveil New “Healthy Living” Concept Home in Phoenix, Arizona
February 24 2021 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
The concept home demonstrates the potential health benefits of a
new KB home and showcases health-focused technologies and products
currently available.
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) and the Well Living Lab, founded as a
collaboration between Delos® and Mayo Clinic, today announced the
unveiling of a concept home designed to educate customers on the
potential health benefits of a new KB home with health-related
products and technologies. The home is located at the builder’s new
Santolina at South Mountain community in Phoenix, which was chosen
because of its proximity to the Mayo Clinic Scottsdale campus.
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The Well Living Lab is the first scientific laboratory to
conduct and apply human-centered research to understand the
interaction between health, well-being and indoor environments. The
Well Living Lab Healthy Home program focuses on the impact of the
home environment on physical and mental health, sleep and
performance, and provides a unique opportunity to translate and
apply scientific discoveries that may improve the health and
well-being of people in homes. KB Home is the first homebuilder to
join the Well Living Lab Alliance, a consortium of global
organizations aspiring to transform the places where people live,
work and play.
The concept home demonstrates the potential health benefits of a
new KB home through the latest advancements in design and
construction materials. The concept home also features four
microenvironments, informed by research from the Well Living Lab
and its scientific collaborators. These microenvironments showcase
health-focused products and technologies and can be viewed by
visiting the community or by virtual tour.
- 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 and others that are available
at the KB Home Design Studio.
- Home Office Reimagined: Features products and
technologies that depict elements of a supportive home office, such
as ergonomically correct furnishings and flexible office products.
It also showcases the new KB Home Office, a dedicated room that can
easily be personalized for a productive work environment.
“The Well Living Lab and KB Home share a commitment to improve
the health and well-being of individuals and families,” said Dr.
Véronique Roger, Research Director of the Well Living Lab and
Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Mayo Clinic. “Americans
spend 90 percent 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.”
Twenty years ago, KB Home built its first ENERGY STAR® certified
new home. Today, every KB home is designed to be ENERGY STAR
certified and delivers an enhanced indoor environment thanks to
quality construction techniques and materials as well as high
performance ventilation systems that regularly introduce fresh
outdoor air. The company incorporates design features guided by the
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Indoor airPLUS standards,
including low- or zero-VOC products in carpeting, paint, insulation
and cabinetry, and comprehensive air sealants to significantly
reduce drafts, moisture, dust and pollen as well as antimicrobial
door handles and touchless faucets to reduce the spread of
germs.
“As a pioneer in the science of building healthier homes and as
the first homebuilder 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,”
said 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.
KB Home has been a strong champion for many years of the key
role homebuilders can play in constructing healthier homes. The
collaboration between KB Home and the Well Living Lab further
reinforces the homebuilder’s commitment to promoting health and
wellness through sustainable homebuilding.
For more information about the new concept home, visit
welllivinglab.com/healthy-home. For more information about KB Home,
visit kbhome.com.
About KB Home
KB Home (NYSE: KBH) is one of the largest and most recognized
homebuilders in the United States and has been building quality
homes for over 60 years. Today, KB Home operates in 45 markets
across eight states, serving a wide array of buyer groups. What
sets us apart is how we give our customers the ability to
personalize their homes, from homesites and floor plans to cabinets
and countertops, at a price that fits their budget. We are the
first builder to make every home we build ENERGY STAR® certified.
In fact, we go beyond the EPA requirements by ensuring every KB
home has been tested and verified by a third-party inspector to
meet the EPA’s strict certification standards, which helps to lower
the cost of ownership. We also work with our customers every step
of the way, building strong personal relationships so that they
have a real partner in the homebuying process and the experience is
as simple and easy as possible. Learn more about how we build homes
built on relationships by visiting kbhome.com.
About the Well Living Lab
The Well Living Lab, founded as a collaboration of Delos and
Mayo Clinic in 2016, is dedicated to identifying how indoor
environments impact human health and well-being. It conducts
scientific research with human subjects in a simulated real-world
environment and shares practical findings that can be applied to
improving indoor spaces where people spent approximately 90 percent
of their time. The lab has 5,500 square-feet of sensor-rich,
reconfigurable space in downtown Rochester, Minnesota. Learn more
about the contributions of the Well Living Lab at
welllivinglab.com.
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Craig LeMessurier, KB Home 925-580-1583 clemessurier@kbhome.com
Sarah Oslund, Well Living Lab 507-421-9864
sarah.oslund@delos.com
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