WELL Certification
People-oriented healthy building certification for implementing corporate ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) practices.
WELL Certification
People-oriented healthy building certification for implementing corporate ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) practices.
The WELL Building Standard is a performance-based system that measures, certifies, and monitors features of the built environment that affect human health and well-being. These features include air quality, water quality, access to healthy food, lighting conditions, opportunities for physical activity, indoor comfort, and support for mental health.
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), a public benefit corporation, manages and administers the WELL standard. Its mission is to enhance human health and well-being by improving the built environment.
Currently, 41,959 buildings across 127 countries worldwide have adopted the WELL standard. The total registered area of these buildings is approximately 4.43 billion square meters.
Promote clean air and minimize human exposure to harmful contaminants to optimize productivity, well-being, and health.
Provide convenient quality drinking water for building occupants. Reduce health risks due to contaminated water.
Support healthy eating patterns by increasing access to healthy food and beverage choices. Limit company provides highly processed foods and ingredients.
Create lighting environments that are optimal for visual, mental, and biological health. Foster productivity by providing daylight and individual adjustments of window blinds, overhead, and task lighting.
Promote movement and discourage sedentary behavior through active workstations, dedicated activity spaces, and nature-inspired interior and exterior circulation paths.
Provide a combination of research-based interventions to address individual thermal discomfort, therefore supporting human well-being and productivity
Identify and manage the acoustical comfort parameters that influence occupant experiences in the interior built environment.
Identify and manage toxic ingredients across building materials, waste, cleaning products, pesticides, outdoor spaces, and landscaping, to reduce the risk of exposure.
Implement nature-inspired design and create restorative spaces. Promote resources supporting mental health, sleep support, substance abuse, and emotional well-being.
Design buildings that are inclusive, accessible, healthy, and safe. Create policies and programs that support all individuals’ and families’ needs, health, and wellness.
Promote clean air and minimize human exposure to harmful contaminants to optimize productivity, well-being, and health.
Provide convenient quality drinking water for building occupants. Reduce health risks due to contaminated water.
Support healthy eating patterns by increasing access to healthy food and beverage choices. Limit company provides highly processed foods and ingredients.
Create lighting environments that are optimal for visual, mental, and biological health. Foster productivity by providing daylight and individual adjustments of window blinds, overhead, and task lighting.
Promote movement and discourage sedentary behavior through active workstations, dedicated activity spaces, and nature-inspired interior and exterior circulation paths.
Provide a combination of research-based interventions to address individual thermal discomfort, therefore supporting human well-being and productivity
Identify and manage the acoustical comfort parameters that influence occupant experiences in the interior built environment.
Identify and manage toxic ingredients across building materials, waste, cleaning products, pesticides, outdoor spaces, and landscaping, to reduce the risk of exposure.
Implement nature-inspired design and create restorative spaces. Promote resources supporting mental health, sleep support, substance abuse, and emotional well-being.
Design buildings that are inclusive, accessible, healthy, and safe. Create policies and programs that support all individuals’ and families’ needs, health, and wellness.
WELL Certification Levels
Certification
The value of achieving a WELL-certified building
Beneficial for enhancing
the value of the building
Beneficial for increasing
building occupancy rates
Beneficial for increasing
resident satisfaction
- Increase the value of buildings, enhance differentiation in the property market, and effectively improve building leasing rates.
- Enhance brand strength and effectively improve the corporate image of property owners.
Create a healthy and comfortable building environment. - Improve the office environment, prioritize employee health and well-being, enhance employee productivity and retention, and have a positive impact on employee health.
- Reduce building operating costs.
- Shorten the investment payback period.
- Businesses have a self-marketing effect and can also reduce marketing costs.
WELL-certified buildings enhance the physical and mental health of occupants and improve work efficiency while reducing employee absenteeism and complaints about the work environment. This ultimately boosts overall productivity and employee morale. In the case of residential projects, WELL certification provides residents with a living environment that promotes comprehensive health and well-being, attracting considerable interest from homebuyers and adding value to the real estate. In the future, WELL certification will be a necessary requirement for exceptional buildings.
Each WELL feature aims to address issues that impact residents’ health, comfort, or cognition through design, operations, and behaviors.
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