Training
Building Biology courses and training
Juan Antonio Rivera Vila teaches courses, workshops, talks and training sessions as an expert lecturer in Building Biology and healthy buildings.
Training rooted in practice: what is taught comes from assessing, measuring and advising on real homes and workplaces.
In person and online. In English, Spanish and Catalan.
What it offers
Technical knowledge applied to real spaces.
The training combines a technical foundation with field experience, so that what is learnt can be applied to a home, a workplace or a project.
- Technical knowledge of the physical, chemical and biological factors of the indoor environment.
- Field experience: what is observed when inspecting and assessing spaces.
- What a measurement contributes and how it is interpreted alongside the rest of the case.
- Advisory criteria for making decisions about a space.
- Practical application of Building Biology criteria.
Formats
Courses, workshops, talks and training sessions
Every format can be delivered in person or online. The approach is agreed with whoever organises the training.
Who it is for
Individuals, professionals and organisations
Training can be aimed at people who want to understand their home better, at professionals who wish to bring Building Biology criteria into their work, and at schools, associations or other organisations that run training activities.
- Individuals.
- Professionals.
- Groups.
- Organisations.
Teaching experience
Teaching and outreach
Juan Antonio Rivera Vila teaches at the Instituto Español de Baubiologie (IEB) and on the Postgraduate Programme in Healthy Architecture and Bioconstruction at Escola Sert / COAC, and combines his technical work with public outreach.
He is co-author of the Libro Verde (in Spanish) on adapting workplaces for people with multiple chemical sensitivity and electromagnetic hypersensitivity, promoted by CONFESQ and funded by Fundación ONCE.
Planning a training activity?
Tell us who it is for, the format you have in mind and whether it would be in person or online. We will get back to you to arrange the details.