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WELL Certification Flashcards

1
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Combines best practices in design and construction with evidence based health and scientific research

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WELL

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WELL is a system for …

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measuring
certifying
and monitoring features of bldgs that

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7 Concepts of WELL

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Air
Water
Nourishment
Light 
Fitness
Comfort 
Mind
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Benefits of WELL

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Add value to Real Estate
Savings
Healthier building

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Components of building cost (30 year)

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92% personnel
2% design and construction
6% operations and management

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WELL Certification Process

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  1. Registration
  2. Documentation
  3. Verification
  4. Certification
  5. Recertification every 3 years
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WELL Levels

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Silver Gold Platinum

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Goal of WELL

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Improve human health and well being in buildings

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What is IWBI? Where and when was it established?

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International Well Building Institute
Delos
2013

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WELL research focuses on

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scientific
practical
medical

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WELL rating system

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Silver 5 to 6
Gold 7 to 8
Platinum 9 to 10

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12
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What do you get when youre WELL certified

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plaque

branding kit

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Who is the founder of IWBI?

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Paul Scialla

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14
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How much of the proceeds go to charity?

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51%

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15
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Cite the optimization per building standard
Silver ?
Gold ?
Platinum ?

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Silver - 0% optimization
Gold - 40% optimization
Platinum - 80% optimization

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Cite the optimization per pilot standard
Silver ?
Gold ?
Platinum ?

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Silver - 20% optimization
Gold - 40% optimization
Platinum - 80% optimization

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17
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Body systems addressed by WELL

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cardiovascular
digestive
endocrine
immune system
integumentary
muscular
nervous 
reproductive
respiratory
skeletal
urinary 
MINIREDSUCR
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Cite WELL V1 standard for
New and Existing Buildings
New and Existing Interiors
Core and Shell

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NEB - 41 precon, 59 opt, total 100
NEI - 36 precon, 62 opt, total 98
C&S - 26 precon, 28 opt, total 54

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19
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75% of project area is occupied by tenants as common area

100% built by owner

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Core and Shell

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90% is occupied and operated by building owner

10% by other tenants

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New and Existing Buildings

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WELL Pilot Programs

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Multifamily residential
educational facilities
retail
restaurant
commercial kitchen
communities
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22
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performance based feature for monitoring, certifying, and monitoring features

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WELL Building Standard

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23
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One of the 105 sections

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Features

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24
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Feature that is mandatory

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Precondition

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25
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Factoring of strategies that make one strategy achievable while another strategy becomes too challenging

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trade off

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26
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Public benefit organization that administers the WELL building standard

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IWBI

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27
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Interrelationship between systems or components of those systems that can be realized through strategic integration

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synergy

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28
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Additional feature that can be used in a flexible pathway to achiever higher levels

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Optimization

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29
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one of the 209 groupings of requirements in WELL that dictates the parameters or metrics to be met

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part

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30
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WELL triple bottom line goal

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Financial
Environmental
Social

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31
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One affected or will be affected by the cons and operatons of a building, such as project owner, company shareholders, etc

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Stakeholder

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WELL Certification Process and Steps

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  1. Registration
  2. Documentation Review
  3. Performance Verification
  4. Certification
  5. Recertification and documentation review
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33
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Guidelines for project size

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must be taken from exterior of exterior wall or centerline of walls separating buildings

headroom of 7.5 ft or greater

Excluding non enclosable areas

excludes air shafts, chimneys, floor areas for parking and circulation of motor vehicles

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34
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List the WELL Project Teams

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project administrator
owner
WELL AP
Licensed professional
WELL reviewer
WELL performing test agent
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35
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Acts as project manager and oversees the WELL certification process

Checks and submits documents

Can be WELL AP, owner, or any member of the team

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Project administrator

36
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Responsible for authorizing the registration

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Owner. If multi owner, select one person

37
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Acts as consultant and Guide

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WELL AP

38
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Architects, contractors, environmental compliance officers

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Licensed professionals

39
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Independent 3rd party

reviews both documentation and performance tests

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WELL Reviewer

40
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Conducts performance tests on site, undergo training by GBCI

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WELL performing test agents

41
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letters required from licensed professional

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Letters of Assurance

42
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Drawings with highlighted information to prove how the requirement of a specific feature are met

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Annotated Documents

43
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Contains general project details, floor plans, maps, etc

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General documents

44
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After submission of documents, this will undergo documentation review. For how many days?

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20 to 25 business days

45
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The process where site visit by WELL performance testing agent is required

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performance verification

46
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When can performance verification be done?

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Certificate of occupancy for 1 month

Minimum 50% of expected occupancy

47
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Available after 40 to 45 business days after performance verification

comprehensive report that includes a feature by feature summary

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WELL Reports

48
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alternative solutions for meeting the intent of a WELL feature app

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Alternative Adherence Plan

49
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Guidelines for Alternative Adherence Plan

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can be as much as it wishes
but each request can only be applied to one feature
must be accompanied by sound medical, scientific and industry research
first 3 is free
single AAP can be applied to multiple projects

50
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How many free Alternative Adherence Plan for?
Projects?
Pilot?

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3

10

51
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When other project locations may have different laws that may have more relevant to the feature. Need to cite specific WELL feature.

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Equivalences

52
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What is Curative Actions & Appeals?

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after review, owner has 180 days to accept or initiate curative action plan to address unmet criteria

53
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Outlines strategies that project team will employ to address unmet criteria

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Curative action plan

54
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How many days does WELL Reviewer reviewed curative action plans?

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20-25 business days

55
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Outlines disagreements with the WELL report

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Appeals

56
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Guidelines in sending appeals

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each feature in dispute must have one appeal,
explain basis
submit with 180 days from well report
90 days for the board to decide
subsequent appeals must be submitted within 90 days

57
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What means if it is WELL pre-certified?

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estimate of which feature likely to achieve

58
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After WELL certification but before recertification

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Continued Engagement

59
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Continued Engagement submission requirements

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submit within 15 months from certification

and every 12 months thereafter

60
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Recertification requirement

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every 3 years
undergo performance evaluation again
must be completed with 6 months (42 months after initial certification)

61
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Multiparty workshop that brings people together to explore, generate, and collaboratively produce building design options

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Charrette

62
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Continuing education for WELL AP

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30 hours required every 2 years

at least 6 hours must be WELL-specific

4 activities: education, LEED/WELL prohect participation, authorship, volunteering

otherwise you’ll lose certification and must take WELL again

63
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A requirement of a feature

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part

64
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Air Concept: % of furniture meet voluntary material reporting requirements is same with?

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Imperative 10 of the Living Building Challenge 3.0

65
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Air Concept: Permanent Entry walk-off systems same with?

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Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) credits for LEED v4 Building Design and Construction (BD+C)

66
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Documents that help project teams find synergies between certification programs

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Crosswalks

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Comfort Concept: Adjustable workstation chairs synergizes with?

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Air concept if chairs are made from non VOC emitting materials

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Light Concept: window system designed to reduce energy costs synergizes with?

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increasing occupant wellness through adequate lighting levels and quality outside views

69
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Factoring of strategies that make one strategy achievable while another strategy becomes too challenging

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trade off

70
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Example of trade off

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increased energy use or increased building costs

71
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Use of reverse osmosis for water purification – trade off for?

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increased water use

72
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Use of UVGI in HVAC

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increased in building’s energy load and utility bill

73
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Performance Verification Requirements for
New & Existing Buildings
New & Existing Interiors
Core and Shell

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NEB and NEI - 1 month from certificate of occupancy, 50% occupancy
C&S - 2 things above not required

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Performance Verification Requirements for
Retail
Education
Commercial Kitchens
Multifamily Residential
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Retail, Education, Commercial Kitchen - 1 month from certificate of occupancy, 50% occupancy
C&S - 2 things above not required

75
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After well report
___ xx days for owners to review WELL report and appeal
___ xx days for WELL to reevaluate
___ xx days for subsequent appeals

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180 days
20 to 25 business days
90 days

76
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Expands scope of standard from building to communtiy

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WELL Community Standard

77
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WELL Community Standard Certification

  • owner must be?
  • must complete document submission within?
  • is there a precertification?
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  • owner must be the individual or organization that registers the project, pays fees
  • 5 years of registration, and submit performance verification 10 years from registration
  • none
78
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WELL Community Standard Certification should use what?

and when?

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Design Verified designation prior to completion of construction

79
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Allows project to market the proposed wellness feature and communicate their progress towards WELL Certification

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Design Verified designation

80
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WELL Certification for Community Standard is valid for?

Forfeited when?

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5 years

When it does not obtain recertification within 66 months of initial certification

81
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AAP not counted if retracted within how many hours?

A

48

82
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AAP Process
When to submit?
How many days till an update?
If there are clarifications? 
How many days to review MRC?
If no response from project team?
A

Submit before or along with final documentation. If sent after, considered appeal.

10-15 business days

issue Mid Review Clarification

10 business days

AAP ruling will be issued

83
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A project may submit single AAP and utilize ruling across all projects if they are?

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Projects are located at the same development plan

AAps submitted are for WELL’s Organizational Protocol

84
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Which WELL version should a project follow?

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For first recertification: the original WELL

After 1st recertification: follow the WELL version 12 months prior to expiry of the WELL certification

85
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Mid cycle reviews

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Send every 12 months any upgrades to WELL to improve score

Recertification date will not be changed

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