Does the Built Environment Include Cars and Water Pipes?

💡 The Answer

• Yes, the built environment includes houses, cars, and water pipes.
• These are human-constructed environments studied by this field.
• The field is sometimes called microbiology of the built environment.
• It has accelerated with funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
• The National Academies are conducting a study titled "Microbiomes of the Built Environment: From Research to Application".