Mind Flashcards
How can visual interest be added to an entrance lobby for the requirements of feature 99: Beauty and Design II?
Integrate artwork
Feature 87, Beauty and Design I, is derived from which other green building rating system?
Living Building Challenge
Which fetaure in the Mind Concept will be achieved if design elements intended for human delight; celebration of culture, spirit, and place; and meaningful integration of public art are incorporated into a project?
Feature 87, Beauty and Design I
Feature 95, Sress and Addiction Treatment, is an optimization for which project types?
New and Existing Interiors and New and Existing Buildings
What documentation and/or performance verification is required by part 1: Material Information of Feature 97, Material Trasparency?
Architect, contractor, and owner letters of assurance
To qualify for health benefits Optimization, what are the benefits that employers should provide?
Employers should provide at least three of the following to employees: employer based health insurance for part and full time workers as well as spouses and dependents. They should provide flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, on-site immunizations or time off during workday to receive immunizations and/or workplace policies that encourage ill employees to stay home or work remotely.
What are the benefits of adequate sleep?
Adequate sleep improves mental health and is necessary for maintaining sustained mental and physical performance throughout the day. It can also help prevent unhealthy weight gain.
What is a behavior therapy technique that can help with weight loss and weight maintenance programs?
Monitoring food intake
What are the negative health outcomes of business travel?
Research from the world bank indicates that business travel is associated with higher total medical claim costs related to stress. Also, the main stressors of business travel are impacts on family and personal life, jet lag, increased workload upon return and isolation from family and friends.
What is one of the most damage manifestations of stress?
Substance addiction
According to the Mental Health Foundation, what are the benefits of volunteering and helping others?
Helping others increases social support by increasing feelings of belonging, while decreasing feelings of isolation and loneliness.
What are the programs that an entity seeking WELL certification or WELL compliance must participate in?
An entity must participate in either the Just program operated by the International Living Future Institute or Sustainability reporting following the G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines organize by the Global Reporting Initiative.
What are risks associated with insufficient sleep?
Insufficient sleep has been associated with a higher risk of depression, diabetes, heart attack, hypertension and stroke.
What is the definition of a collaboration zone?
A physical area within a building that encourages group interplay and discussion through its strategic layout and design.
What is a Health Product Declaration (HPD)?
A standard format for reporting product content and associated health information for building products and materials
What does it mean when an individual is immuno-compromised?
An inability to develop a normal immune response, usually as a result of disease, malnutrition or medical therapy that affects the immune system.
What are nanoparticles?
Particles that are between 1 and 100 nanometers in size
88 - Biophilia 1 - Qualitative (prerequisite)
what are the three parts?
1 - nature incorporation
2 - pattern incorporation
3 - nature interaction
89 - Adaptable Spaces
what are the four parts? spaces need to be adaptable to:
- Stimuli Management (working/collaborating),
- Privacy (focusing),
- Space management (organization),
- Workplace Sleep Support (resting)
89 - Adaptable Spaces - Part 1 Stimuli
spaces 2,000 SF or larger have quiet zones with no more than ___seats per room; and collaboration zones with no less than ___ seats and 1+ white board
3 seats
89 - Adaptable Spaces - Part 2 Privacy
spaces greater than _________SF have quiet spaces ___ SF min+ 1 SF/person up to ___SF, plus dimmable lights, NC of ___ or lower, and either a green wall, or nature sounds.
buildings greater than 20,000 SF have quiet spaces 75 SF min+ 1 SF/person up to 800 SF, plus dimmable lights, NC of 30 or lower, and either a green wall, or nature sounds
How many deaths are attributed to mental disorders each year?
8 million or 14% of all deaths
89 - Adaptable Spaces - Part 3 Space Mngmt (storage)
Workstation cabinet or locker___ ft3 / occupant
4 ft3 (0.1 m3)
89 - Adaptable Spaces - Part 4 Sleep Support
Sleep pod/couch - one per the first ___occupants + one for every ___ occupants after
30 - 100
90 - Healthy Sleep Policy
lack of sleep increases risk of these 5 conditions:
1 - depression 2 - diabetes 3 - heart attack 4 - hypertension 5 - stroke
90 - Healthy Sleep Policy - cap work at Midnight and
provide employees with a ___% subsidy on software that monitors steps/eating habits/caffeine
50%
91 - Business Travel -
what are the 3 main negative impacts of travel?
1 - isolation form family and friends
2 - increased workload upon return
3 - jetlag
86 - Post-Occupancy Surveys
Sample size - how many employees, how often?
30%
at least once per year
91 - Travel
what 4 policies can help reduce travel stress?
1 - non red-eye flights or choice to work remotely on day of arrival
2 - shorten travel time to under 5 hours and under 25% of total trip time
3 - domestic trips longer than 2 weeks and international longer than 4 weeks get a 48 hour flight home for family
4 - hotels with fitness centers
93 - Workplace Family Support (maternity/paternity)
paid leave is ___weeks + unpaid leave is ___weeks during any 12 months
6 weeks paid + 12 weeks unpaid
93 - Workplace Family Support (child care and support)
provide either on-site or vouchers plus ___weeks unpaid leave for care or seriously ill
12 weeks in any 12 months
Nursing mothers get a break every ___hours for ___minutes
3 hours for 15 min
94 - Self-Monitoring Devices (fitbits)
Employers supply at 50% cost a device that monitors at least 2 of 4 parameters:
heart rate
activity/steps
sleep duration/quality/regularity
body weight/mass
What standard is used to develop the occupant survey?
Occupant Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) from UC Berkeley
95 - Stress and Addiction treatment
programs are made available to employees through
EAPs Employee Assistance programs, and stress management workshops offered by qualified counselors
96 - Altruism - acts of charity outside of work are promoted by giving employees ___hrs paid time 2x/year; and matching donations made by employees annually
8 hours
97 - Material Transparency (right to know what’s in the building)
At least ___ by cost of finishes, and furnishings have a _____ and or LEED v4 _____.
At least 50% by cost of finishes, and furnishings have a Declare Label and or LEED v4 Health Product Declaration (HPD).
98 - Organizational Transparency - to ensure workers are treated fairly owners must participate in either the ____ program or the _____.
Living Future Institute JUST program
or
GRI Standards
- Beauty and Design II - to improve morale/mood
What 3 parts make up this feature?
1 - ceiling height (rooms greater than 30’ wide, need 9’ ceilings)
2 - artwork (lobbies and spaces greater than 300 SF)
3 - spatial familiarity/wayfinding for projects over 10k SF
- Biophilia II - Quantitative
bring nature inside with these 3 parts:
1 - outdoor biophilia
2 - Indoor Biophilia
3 - Water Feature
- Biophilia II, part 1 - outdoor biophilia
__% of site area = gardens, with __% tree canopy
25% of site area = gardens, with 70% tree canopy
- Biophilia II, part 2 - indoor biophilia
potted plants cover ___% of floor area and
green wall, 1 per floor, = ___% of floor area
potted plants 1 % floor
green wall 2% of floor
- Biophilia II, part 3 - Water Feature w/ UV sanitation
one for every 100,000 SF, at least ___ft in height or ___ in area
waterfall 6’ high or pond 43 SF (about 6’x7’)
