The WELL Building Standard

Question 1

A(n) ___ is one of the 105 sections of the WELL Building Standard with a specific health intent

Answer 1

Feature

Question 2

The aim of the ___ Concept is to encourage healthier eating habits and food culture that lead to the better health and well-being of building occupants

Answer 2

Nourishment

Question 3

The aim of the ___ Concept is to design an indoor environment that is distraction-free, productive, and comfortable for building occupants.

Answer 3

Comfort

Question 4

The Mind Concept includes ___ features.

Answer 4

17

Question 5

___ is the interrelationship between systems or the components of those systems that can be realized through strategic integration to achieve high levels of building performance, human performance, and environmental benefits.

Answer 5

Synergy

Question 6

The New and Existing Buildings project type can only be applied to buildings in which a minimum of ___% of the total floor area is occupied by the building owner and is operated by the same management.

Answer 6

90

Question 7

The Core and Shell project type applies to buildings where up to ___% of the project area is fully controlled by the building owner.

Answer 7

25

Question 8

The ___ pilot program only applies to staffed or self-serve eating spaces where a consumer purchases and dines on-site, either indoors or outdoors.

Answer 8

Restaurants

Question 9

A(n) ___ is a requirement of a feature that dictates the parameters or metrics to be met.

Answer 9

Part

Question 10

WELL aims to maintain or increase ___ health in the built environment by mitigating stress, encouraging healthy nutrition, providing opportunities for physical activity, and eliminating environment health hazards in the air and water.

Answer 10

Cardiovascular

Question 11

A feature that is mandatory for all levels of WELL certification.

Answer 11

Precondition

Question 12

One of the 209 groupings of requirements in WELL that dictates the parameters or metrics to be met.

Answer 12

Part

Question 13

A performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment that impact human health and well-being through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and mind. Simply referred to as WELL.

Answer 13

WELL Building Standard

Question 14

An additional feature that can be used as a flexible pathway to achieve higher levels of WELL certification.

Answer 14

Optimization

Question 15

A factoring of strategies that makes one strategy achievable while another strategy becomes too challenging or cost-prohibitive.

Answer 15

Trade-off

Question 16

A public-benefit organization that administers the WELL Building Standard and aims to improve human health and well-being through the built environment.

Answer 16

International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)