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Health is our wealth and we are rarely aware that the choice of living andworking environment affects us. We spend most of our time in indoorenvironments so the quality of indoor air plays an important role in themaintenance of health and well-being. Moreover, Building Information Modeling(BIM) is emerging technology, which plays an essential role in collaborationamong multi-discipline professions, time and cost saving, fabrication andconstruction as well as facilities management. However, it is not accepted by allplanners yet. BIM could also offer a framework to help improving health andwell-being of future users of the new building. The main aim of this paper is tomonitor environmental and health impact data in BIM models to assure healthyliving environments. First, the paper explores which environmental and healthparameters could be measured in the indoor environment and which are alreadypresent in BIM models. Second, it explores options to expand BIM specificationsto support monitoring environmental and health impact data in BIM models toassure healthy living environments.