The healthy home®
Empowering health and environmentally conscious home designers and builders to create home environments that will enable each household member to thrive, without contributing to the destruction of our environment.
Zara D’Cotta: Founder of The Healthy Home®
Building Biology New Build Consultant | Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist
| Keynote speaker
Zara has been bridging the gap between construction, building health and human health since 2020,
helping the building industry understand how the spaces we create shape the wellbeing of those who live in them. After going through cancer and environmental illness, Zara discovered
her passion for environmental health and Building Biology.
Through The Healthy Home®, she empowers award-winning, forward thinking home designers and builders, and material innovators, to shape the next generation of healthy building standards, translating complex Building Biology principles into practical, human-centred solutions for healthier homes.
Collaborating with world-leading experts across Australia, the USA, and Canada,
Zara’s mission brings together the best minds in the industry to make healthier homes the new normal.
Acknowledged internationally for helping the building industry see itself in new ways,
Zara brings fresh perspective and credibility to the evolving conversation around building health.
With over a decade of experience speaking to professional and public audiences
across stage, television, radio, and podcasts, Zara brings technical rigour, warmth, and a
passionate and engaging presence to conversations about building health,
translating science into stories that inspire action towards meaningful change.
Learn more about Zara here.
featured on build show network
Why natural materials like cork and timber, and electromagnetic field
testing matters in healthy home design.
Watch the full conversation —> here
My brain is completely changed from doing this course. The information in the Healthy Building Materials Mastermind™ fills a gap missing in the industry.
The content is well paced, engaging, important and so relevant to the priorities of clients and building industry professionals today.
If this information were taught in universities we would be on our way to a healthier society and vastly improved building stock.
Mercedes Mambort,
Passive House Architect,
S.H.E.
Healthy Building
Materials Mastermind™
The program that has transformed how designers and builders across Australia and beyond see their work. Alumni have described it as ‘life-changing’. They've changed their construction methods, some have re-branded their businesses, attracted like-minded clients, increased sales, and reduced liability risks. They approach client conversations differently.
If you’re a home designer or builder interested in learning more about our signature program, join the waitlist to be first to know when the next intake is opening.
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