Mind Concept Flashcards
How many concepts?
17
State of person’s emotional, psychological, and social well being
Mental health
ability for people to obtain study and understand health information
Health literacy
Feature 84: health and wellness awareness precon for?
all 3 project types
Feature 84: health and wellness awareness. Part 1: WELL business standard guide requires what?
Requires a guide describing WELL features achieved by the project be available to building occupants
Feature 84: health and wellness awareness. Part 2: Health and wellness library (digital or library) requires what?
At least one book title or magazine subscription required for every 20 occupants, though no more than 20 titles
Prominently displayed and available to all occupants
Feature 85: Integrative Design
precon for
all 3 project types
intensive multiparty workshop that brings people together to collaborate
Charrette
comprehensive review to encourage holistic approach
Starts before schematic
Allows teams to clarify their priorities and goals
Integrative design process
Feature 85: Integrative Design. Part 1: Stakeholder Charrette requires what?
Requires project meet for a charrette
Required minimum owner, architect, engineers, and facilities management team
Must be held prior to design and programming of the project
3 tasks of charrette meetings
Perform values assessment and alignment to inform everyone of the project goals
Discuss needs of tenants focusing on wellness. To define goals
Set future meeting to stay focused on the goals
Feature 85: Integrative Design. Part 2: Development Plan requires what?
Requires written document saying building’s health-oriented missions
Must include the ff:
Building site selection, including public transport
7 WELL concept
Plans for implementing team’s analyses and decisions
Operations and maintenance plans
Feature 85: Integrative Design. Part 3: Stakeholder Orientation requires what?
Once building is complete, project team tour the building as a group.
After, support adherence to the building’s well features
Feature 86: Post-Occupancy Surveys precondition for?
Precondition for NEI and NEB uses occupancy surveys to offer insights
Feature 86: Post-Occupancy Surveys. Part 1: Occupant Survey Content applies what?
Applies if more than 10 tenants
Occupant Indoor Environment Quality Survey from the Center of Building Environment CBE at University of California
Must be completed by 30% of occupants at least once a year
Thermal comfort should be surveyed 2x a year
Survey topics: Acoustic Thermal comfort (humidity and air flow) Furnishings Workspace light levels and quality Odors Cleanliness Layouts
Feature 86: Post-Occupancy Surveys. Part 2: Information Reporting requires what?
Submit results within 30 days to:
building owners
bulding occupants
IWBI
Feature 87: Beauty and Design I. precon for?
NEI and NEB
Feature 87: Beauty and Design I. Derived from?
Derived from beauty and spirit imperative of the living building challenge
Feature 87: Beauty and Design I. Part 1: Beauty and Mindful Design - requires what?
Contains features intended for:
Human delight
Celebration of a. culture
b. Spirit
c. Place
Public art
Human affinity for natural world
Biophilia
Feature 88: Biophilia I-Qualitative optimization for?
Precon for?
C&S
NEI and NEB
Feature 88: Biophilia I-Qualitative modeled after?
Living Building Challenge
Minimum for Feature 88: Biophilia I-Qualitative
Nature Incorporation?
Pattern Incorporation?
Imitation of natural or biological designs, patterns, and processes in materials and structures?
Nature Interaction?
Team must outline the biophilia plan
Part 1: Nature incorporation - requires plan include how project will include
- Environment elements
- Lighting
- Space layout
Part 2: Pattern Incorporation
Requires plan include description of how building will incorporate nature in the building design
Biomimicry
Part 3: Nature Interaction - requires plan provide human-nature interactions:
- Within the building
- Within the project boundaries
Feature 89: Adaptable Spaces
optimization for?
NEI and NEB
Feature 89: Adaptable Spaces. • Part 1: Stimuli management applies to what size
Minimum of 186 sqm.
Feature 89: Adaptable Spaces. Part 1: Stimuli management requires 3 plans. Cite these.
- Programming plans
- Annotated floor plans
- Designated quiet zones max 3 seats
- Designated collaboration zones max 3 seats
Feature 89: Adaptable Spaces. Part 2: Privacy - applies to what size?
Greater than 1860 sqms
Feature 89: Adaptable Spaces. Part 2: Privacy - requires what?
Requires quiet space for focus, contemplation and relaxation
Quiet space requirement
size?
lighting?
noise criteria from mechanical systems?
plan?
Minimum 7 sqm plus 0.1 sqm per tenant, not to exceed 74 sqm.
With ambient lighting dimmable at 2700K or less
Noise criteria must not exceed 30
Includes how it includes 2 of 3 elements:
plant wall or floor plantings,
audio device with nature sounds,
or a variety of seating arrangements
Feature 89: Adaptable Spaces. Part 3 Space Management requires what?
Requires enough storage for employees to minimize clutter.
Combination of 2 must be met:
Provide workstation cabinet with minimum 0.1 m2 for each regular occupant
Provide personal locker with minimum volume of 0.1m3
Feature 89: Adaptable Spaces. Part 4: Workplace Sleep Support requires what/
At least one must be provided for the first 30 occupants and an additional option must be provided for every 100 occupants thereafter:
Couch Cushioned roll out mad Sleep pod Fully reclining chair Hammock
Feature 90: Healthy Sleep Policy optimization for
NEI and NEB
How much sleep is required?
7 to 9
Requirement at work to encourage sleep hygiene?
Limiting amount of work that can be done at night
Promotes monitoring behaviors that affect sleep patterns
Feature 90: Healthy Sleep Policy. Part 1: Non-workplace sleep support requires 2 things. Cite these.
Part 1: Non-workplace sleep support
Limit work at night
Subsidy for sleep related behavior monitoring applications
Part 1a: - org cap at mdnight for late-night work and comms
Part 1b - employers provide 50% subsidy on software/apps that monitor daytime sleep-related behavior patterns
Feature 91: Business Travel optimization for?
NEI and NEB
Feature 91: Business Travel. Part 1: Travel Policy. Must follow the ff:
Employees have option of selecting non red eye flights or option of working remotely on the day of arrival after a red eye flight
Option not to take bus trips where travel time exceeds 5 hours and 25% of total trip duration
Employees be able to return home at least 48 hours every 2 weeks for domestic and once every 4 weeks for international. Another option is for a company to fly out a friend or family member
Booked at hotels with free fitness centers and gym
Feature 92: Building Health Policy optimization for?
NEI and NEB
Feature 92: Building Health Policy. Part 1: requires 3 of the ff:
Employer based health insurance for dependents or subsidies to purchase individual insurance
Flexible spending accounts designed to reimburse employees for medical expenses
Health saving accounts
On site immunizations or time off during the workday for immunizations
Workplace policies that encourage ill employees to stay home
Feature 93: Workplace Family Support optimization for?
NEI and NEB
Feature 93: Workplace Family Support. Part 1: parental leave guidelines are?
6 workweeks of paid paternity and maternity leave annually
Additional 12 workweeks of unpaid leave during any 12 month period
Feature 93: Workplace Family Support. Part 2: Employer Supported Child Care
Onsite child care
Subsidies or vouchers for child care
Feature 93: Workplace Family Support. Part 3: family support. Employers must provide:
12 workweeks of unpaid leave during 12 month to care for ill child, spouse, etc
Option to use paid sick leave to care for family member
Breaks of at least 15 mins for every 3 hours for nursing motthers
Feature 94: Self Monitoring optimization for?
NEI and NEB
Feature 94: Self Monitoring. Part 1: sensors and wearables - requires what?
Requires employees 50% subsidy of these devices. Must measure the ff
- Body weight/mass
- Activity/steps
- Heart rate
- Sleep duration quality and regularity
Feature 95: Stress and Addiction Treatment optimization for?
NEI and NEB
Feature 95: Stress and Addiction Treatment. Part 1: Mind and Behavior Support requires what?
Employee assistance program to manage stress
EAP- program helping employees resolve personal issues
Feature 95: Stress and Addiction Treatment. Part 2: Stress management requires what?
Access to counselor
Feature 96: Altruism optimization for?
NEI and NEB
Selfless act of helping another person
Altruism
Feature 96: Altruism. Part 1: charitable activities
Employees allowed to spend sometime volunteering while being paid for. 8 hours twice per year
Feature 96: Altruism. Part 2: Charitable Contributions
Requires employers to commit to annually matching financial donations by employees
Feature 97: Material Transparency optimization for ?
3 project types
Feature 97: Material Transparency. Part 1: material information requires..
___% by cost of interior finishes?
which labels?
product must be evaluated and disclosed down to ____ppm?
At least 50% by cost of interior finishes and finish materials furnishing workstations and furniture use one or more of the ff:
Declare label
Health product declaration HPD
LEED v4 Materials and Resources MR Credit
1000 ppm
Feature 97: Material Transparency. Part 2: Accessible Information requires what?
All declaration must be compiled and available to tenants either digitally or printed manual
Feature 98: Organizational transparency optimization for?
NEI and NEB
Feature 98: Organizational transparency. Part 1: transparency program participation requires what?
Requires org participate one of the 2 programs:
JUST Program - voluntary transparency labeling platform created by international living future institute that includes info on employee treatment, safety, social stewardship, diversity
GRI Standards - operated by Global Reporting Initiative
Feature 99: Beauty and Design II optimization for?
3 project types
Feature 99: Beauty and Design II. Part 1: Ceiling height requires what?
Allow for open expansive spaces
o Based on room width and whether the space has full wall of windows or is an atrium space.
Requirements for ceiling height?
Rooms of 9m width?
Greater than 9m width?
Plus __ m per ___m?
If full wall view 12m width or lease?
If beyond 12m, plus __m for every ___m?
At least 2.7m
At least 2.75m
Plus 1m per 20m of room width
At least 2.76m
If width is beyond 12m, ceiling height must have an additional 1m per 30m of room width
Feature 99: Beauty and Design II. Part 2: Artwork - requires integration of art work in which areas?
Entrance and lobbies
All regularly occupied spaces greater than 28m
Feature 99: Beauty and Design II. Part 3: Spatial familiarity applies to what size?
Requirements:
artwork be?
grouping based on?
corridors over 9meters?
Applies to 929 sqm floor plates or larger requires the ff:
- Artwork is distinctive in shape and color
- Visually grouped zones (lighting, furniture color, flooring)
- Corridors over 9m ending in artwork or view window with a sill height no higher than 0.9m from floor and with at least 30m vista
long corridors without art can be disorienting
Feature 100: Biophilia II- Quantitative optimization for?
Goal is include natural environment in interior and exterior design.
3 project types
Feature 100: Biophilia II- Quantitative. Part 1. Outdoor Biophilia - what it is and what are its requirements?
at least how many %?
At least 25% of project must be landscaped ground or rooftop gardens
At least 70% of the 25% must be vegetative plantings
Feature 100: Biophilia II- Quantitative. Part 2. Indoor Biophilia - what it is and what are its requirements?
Uses potted plants, planted beds and plant walls in indoor spaces
Potted plants cover at least 1% of floor area per floor
Requires one plan wall per floor cover an area of wall equivalent of 2% of floor area of largest available wall, whichever is greater
Feature 100: Biophilia II- Quantitative. Part 3: Water Feature requires:
what size?
requires what?
what height or area of the water feature?
must have what?
9,290 sqm
Requires one water feature for every 9290 sqm
Water feature must be at least 1.8m in height or 4sqm in area
Must have sanitation such as UV sanitation
Innovation concept - how many concepts?
5
Innovation is optimization for?
all 3 project types
Innovation Part 1. Innovation Proposal requires what?
Requires to meet one of the ff:
o Goes above and beyond existing WELL
o Relates to wellness in novel way, not included in well and affect tenants in positive way
Innovation Part 2. Innovation Support requires what?
Requires proposed innovations fully substantiated by scientific research
Consistent with laws
Mental Illness and Substance Use disorders accounted for?
nearly 184 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)
How many years of life lost to premature mortality?
8.6 million years of life
How many lived with disability?
175 millions
Life expectancy of those with mental illness is ___ years shorter
10 years
Death attributable to mental disorders
8 million
What percent in the US attributable to mood disorders?
21%
Depression affects how many adults in the US?
16 million
Depression is linked to?
Heart diseases
Immunosuppression
Stress and anxiety linked to?
Metabolic syndrome
Cardio disease
Gastro disease
Skin problems - acne and psoriasis
Exposure to views and images of nature can help?
Speed up healing and recovery time
Boost positive feelings
Reduce negative feelings
Interior environment that are cold and devoid of life can lead to?
diminished experience
low mood
low happiness
Adequate sleep improves?
mental health
mental performance
physical performance
prevent unhealth weight gain
Insufficient sleep leads to
depression diabetes heart attack hypertension stroke
Associated with higher total medical claim costs
Highest increase attributed to psychological disorders related to stress
Business travel
