I am Angela Balatoni 👋
Founder AFBA
I am committed to ensuring that rooms not only function - but do good.
I am convinced that buildings should be demonstrably healthy and free from harmful and allergenic substances. For everyone who lives, works or invests in them - certified, measurable and sustainable.
Making health visible
Creating sustainable value for real estate
Achieve certifications efficiently and cost-effectively
Our mission
We are putting an end to invisible risks in rooms - and opening the door to a building culture that puts people back at the center.
AFBA stands for a new naturalness in building:
Sustainability is mandatory, health is optional!
Our certification makes visible what would otherwise remain hidden - from bad air to irritating materials. Together with experts, we ensure that healthy rooms become the norm.
Because those who build today help shape the life of tomorrow.
Our mission is to enable people to develop spaces with responsibility - in a well-founded, comprehensible and straightforward way. Whether architects, project developers or tenants - we provide orientation and security on the way to demonstrably healthy buildings.
Who are we?
💡 Our attitude
We stand for healthy spaces
Not every wall protects. Not all air is healthy. That's why we are committed to ensuring that buildings empower people - through clear values, medical knowledge and the courage to do things differently and better.
🤝 Our team
We bring expertise together
At AFBA, people from the fields of medicine, engineering, planning and environmental technology work with a common goal: to make health in the room visible and tangible - in a comprehensible and practical way.
🚀 Our task
We want change - with impact
We think about health right from the shell construction stage and accompany you through the entire construction phase. At the end of the certification process is our seal: as a visible sign of quality of stay, responsibility and sustainability.
Das AFBA Advisory Board
Univ. Prof.
Carsten Schmidt-Weber
Head of the Center and Director of the Institute of Allergy Research (IAF) at Helmholtz Zentrum München
Prof. Dr. rer. pharm.
Jeroen Buters
Deputy Director ZAUM
Specialist Toxicologist DGPT Center for Allergy and Environment (ZAUM)
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med.
Eckard Hamelmann
Specialist in pediatrics and adolescent medicine, pediatric pneumology, allergology and infectiology; immunologist, clinic director, president of DGAKI,
University Clinic for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Bethel Children's Center
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c.
Erika von Mutius
nominated
Director of the Institute for Asthma and Allergy Prevention, Head of the “Environment and Health” department.
Helmholtz Institute Munich
Prim. Assoc. Prof. PD Dr.
Thomas Eiwegger
Head of the Clinical Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
St. Pölten University Hospital
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med.
Michael Kabesch
nominated
Chief Physician, Clinic Director Pediatric Pneumology and Allergology, Specialist in Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Pneumologist, Allergist
Barmherzige Brüder Clinic St. Hedwig Regensburg
PD Dr. med.
Katharina Blümchen
nominated
Specialist in pediatric and adolescent medicine with additional training in pediatric and adolescent pneumology and allergology Senior physician in pediatric and adolescent pneumology.
Head of the food allergy and study outpatient clinic at Frankfurt University Hospital
Prof. Dr. med.
Bianca Schaub
nominated
Head of the Department of Pneumology - Allergology, specialist in pediatric and adolescent medicine, specializing in pediatric pneumology Munich University Center for Children with Medical and Developmental Complexity
LMU Center for Development and Complex Chronically Ill Children at the Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital
Dipl.-Geograph SRL
Klaus Illigmann
Urban Planner (BayAK) Head of Department HA I/2 “Strategic Development Planning” Sector-Head “Strategic Urban Development Planning”
City of Munich Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulations, “Urban Development Planning” Division
Dipl.-Kfm.
Jens Leyh
nominated
Business Unit Urban System Design
Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO
Thomas Kraubitz
Partner | Head of Sustainability & Climate at Buro Happold Berlin I DGNB board member I Architect and urban planner BDA
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Our team
Angela Balatoni
CEO & Founder AFBA
Richard Mertz
Lead digital platform
Jennifer Mackay
Project manager
Sophie Mertz
aspiring architect
We help to noticeably improve quality of life.
We set new standards for allergy-friendly and healthy building. Our services help you to design allergy-friendly rooms.
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People first
Buildings are used by people. Anyone planning and constructing buildings should always consider the impact of structural, technical and design measures on the people in the building.
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Excellence
Our seal is more than just an award - it defines a new standard that we are convinced of: It is the benchmark of the future!
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Change
We are convinced that allergy-friendliness in planning and construction will become increasingly important in the future. We want to create awareness of this.
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