Simonds Homes is taking up the next great challenge in building – designing homes that actively fuse health, nature and science to promote home wellness.
The Simonds Homes design philosophy has always been anchored in a simple yet profoundly important belief: that it is both the form and the function of homes that creates a foundation for good health.
Every home built by Simonds Homes in Victoria now includes the first tier of the Delos-designed DARWIN Home Wellness Intelligence platform designed to bring the best of the natural world into your home and daily living.
With increased urbanisation across Australia, many people now spend up to 90 per cent of their time indoors.
The DARWIN platform is designed to address negative impacts of unseen ‘health concerns’ commonly occurring within the home, such as poor air and water quality and lighting that disrupts natural sleep patterns.
Potential home buyers are invited to walk through the favourite Simonds home designs, and speak with sales consultants about home wellness while experiencing the DARWIN Home Wellness Intelligence benefits first-hand.
DARWIN’s holistic and responsive intelligence passively promotes wellness in the home and mitigates the environmental factors that can impact our health, happiness and wellbeing.
Blackout blinds eliminate outdoor light pollution and create an environment that supports deep, restful sleep.
Then a calibrated dawn simulation lighting system allows you to wake naturally to balance your circadian cycles with sequences that mimic natural sunlight.
Bright energising bathroom mirrors and bright white interior lighting in the daytime helps to combat fatigue and regain focus with an energising environment to stimulate your mind and body and empower you to take on the day.
Climate control programming helps you relax and unwind when you come home – creating a welcoming environment for a relaxing evening.
Simonds Homes’ Wellness Intelligence system allows your home to work for you by helping to prepare your body to sleep, wake, work, relax or play.
Your home continuously monitors air quality and indoor environmental conditions while smart ventilation and responsive purification automatically remove air pollutants from you home when and where it matters most.
Meanwhile, in-built water filtration reduces impurities so residents stay hydrated with clean, great tasting water.
Delos CEO and Founder Paul Scialla says years of experience and extensive research show indoor environments can have a profound impact – either negative or positive – on people’s wellness.
“The DARWIN platform was developed in conjunction with experts in the building sciences, health sciences and behavioural sciences, as well as architects and with advice from the Simonds Homes team.”
Simonds Homes CEO Kelvin Ryan says the Delos partnership would put Australia at the forefront of the global wellness movement – currently, a $3.4 trillion industry.
“DARWIN will be included in the base package of all Simonds Homes built in Victoria – at no additional cost to customers – reflecting the company’s belief that living in a ‘well’ home should be a right, not a luxury.
“We saw an immediate opportunity to support Delos in developing the DARWIN platform and then adopt it because of our customers’ increasing interest in, and demand for, healthier, more sustainable homes.
“Our partnership will make DARWIN accessible to millions of everyday Australians. That brings with it incredible potential to not only improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and families, but whole communities too.”
