WELL
Summary
WELL certifies how a building supports occupant health across ten concepts, using required preconditions and weighted optimizations. Every precondition must be met, and the level depends on points, so concept coverage should be planned at the start.
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Scope
- Ten concepts: air, water, nourishment, light, movement, thermal comfort, sound, materials, mind, and community
- Features: measured as preconditions (all required) and optimizations (weighted points)
- Levels: sources list Silver at 50 points, Gold at 60, and Platinum at 80, with Bronze at 40 in some; a Scribd copy of the standard omits Bronze
- Per-concept minimums: sources conflict, with one copy giving 2 points per concept and a study guide giving 1, 2, and 3 for Silver, Gold, and Platinum; confirm with IWBI
Coordination
- Overlap with LEED: light, materials, and air features overlap with LEED credits
- Materials: product disclosure ties to the healthy materials note
Sources
- International WELL Building Institute: WELL, https://www.wellcertified.com/
- Kaiterra: navigating the WELL Building Standard and certification, https://learn.kaiterra.com/en/resources/navigating-the-well-building-standard-and-certification-a-cheat-sheet
- Consulting-Specifying Engineer: understanding WELL v2 certification, https://www.csemag.com/understanding-well-v2-certification/
- Buildings: 3 key changes to the WELL Building Standard, https://www.buildings.com/resiliency-sustainability/article/10186146/3-key-changes-to-the-well-building-standard