WELL Certification Flashcards
Combines best practices in design and construction with evidence based health and scientific research
WELL
WELL is a system for …
measuring
certifying
and monitoring features of bldgs that
7 Concepts of WELL
Air Water Nourishment Light Fitness Comfort Mind
Benefits of WELL
Add value to Real Estate
Savings
Healthier building
Components of building cost (30 year)
92% personnel
2% design and construction
6% operations and management
WELL Certification Process
- Registration
- Documentation
- Verification
- Certification
- Recertification every 3 years
WELL Levels
Silver Gold Platinum
Goal of WELL
Improve human health and well being in buildings
What is IWBI? Where and when was it established?
International Well Building Institute
Delos
2013
WELL research focuses on
scientific
practical
medical
WELL rating system
Silver 5 to 6
Gold 7 to 8
Platinum 9 to 10
What do you get when youre WELL certified
plaque
branding kit
Who is the founder of IWBI?
Paul Scialla
How much of the proceeds go to charity?
51%
Cite the optimization per building standard
Silver ?
Gold ?
Platinum ?
Silver - 0% optimization
Gold - 40% optimization
Platinum - 80% optimization
Cite the optimization per pilot standard
Silver ?
Gold ?
Platinum ?
Silver - 20% optimization
Gold - 40% optimization
Platinum - 80% optimization
Body systems addressed by WELL
cardiovascular digestive endocrine immune system integumentary muscular nervous reproductive respiratory skeletal urinary MINIREDSUCR
Cite WELL V1 standard for
New and Existing Buildings
New and Existing Interiors
Core and Shell
NEB - 41 precon, 59 opt, total 100
NEI - 36 precon, 62 opt, total 98
C&S - 26 precon, 28 opt, total 54
75% of project area is occupied by tenants as common area
100% built by owner
Core and Shell
90% is occupied and operated by building owner
10% by other tenants
New and Existing Buildings
WELL Pilot Programs
Multifamily residential educational facilities retail restaurant commercial kitchen communities
performance based feature for monitoring, certifying, and monitoring features
WELL Building Standard
One of the 105 sections
Features
Feature that is mandatory
Precondition
Factoring of strategies that make one strategy achievable while another strategy becomes too challenging
trade off
Public benefit organization that administers the WELL building standard
IWBI
Interrelationship between systems or components of those systems that can be realized through strategic integration
synergy
Additional feature that can be used in a flexible pathway to achiever higher levels
Optimization
one of the 209 groupings of requirements in WELL that dictates the parameters or metrics to be met
part
WELL triple bottom line goal
Financial
Environmental
Social
One affected or will be affected by the cons and operatons of a building, such as project owner, company shareholders, etc
Stakeholder
WELL Certification Process and Steps
- Registration
- Documentation Review
- Performance Verification
- Certification
- Recertification and documentation review
Guidelines for project size
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
List the WELL Project Teams
project administrator owner WELL AP Licensed professional WELL reviewer WELL performing test agent
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
Project administrator
Responsible for authorizing the registration
Owner. If multi owner, select one person
Acts as consultant and Guide
WELL AP
Architects, contractors, environmental compliance officers
Licensed professionals
Independent 3rd party
reviews both documentation and performance tests
WELL Reviewer
Conducts performance tests on site, undergo training by GBCI
WELL performing test agents
letters required from licensed professional
Letters of Assurance
Drawings with highlighted information to prove how the requirement of a specific feature are met
Annotated Documents
Contains general project details, floor plans, maps, etc
General documents
After submission of documents, this will undergo documentation review. For how many days?
20 to 25 business days
The process where site visit by WELL performance testing agent is required
performance verification
When can performance verification be done?
Certificate of occupancy for 1 month
Minimum 50% of expected occupancy
Available after 40 to 45 business days after performance verification
comprehensive report that includes a feature by feature summary
WELL Reports
alternative solutions for meeting the intent of a WELL feature app
Alternative Adherence Plan
Guidelines for Alternative Adherence Plan
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
How many free Alternative Adherence Plan for?
Projects?
Pilot?
3
10
When other project locations may have different laws that may have more relevant to the feature. Need to cite specific WELL feature.
Equivalences
What is Curative Actions & Appeals?
after review, owner has 180 days to accept or initiate curative action plan to address unmet criteria
Outlines strategies that project team will employ to address unmet criteria
Curative action plan
How many days does WELL Reviewer reviewed curative action plans?
20-25 business days
Outlines disagreements with the WELL report
Appeals
Guidelines in sending appeals
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
What means if it is WELL pre-certified?
estimate of which feature likely to achieve
After WELL certification but before recertification
Continued Engagement
Continued Engagement submission requirements
submit within 15 months from certification
and every 12 months thereafter
Recertification requirement
every 3 years
undergo performance evaluation again
must be completed with 6 months (42 months after initial certification)
Multiparty workshop that brings people together to explore, generate, and collaboratively produce building design options
Charrette
Continuing education for WELL AP
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
A requirement of a feature
part
Air Concept: % of furniture meet voluntary material reporting requirements is same with?
Imperative 10 of the Living Building Challenge 3.0
Air Concept: Permanent Entry walk-off systems same with?
Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) credits for LEED v4 Building Design and Construction (BD+C)
Documents that help project teams find synergies between certification programs
Crosswalks
Comfort Concept: Adjustable workstation chairs synergizes with?
Air concept if chairs are made from non VOC emitting materials
Light Concept: window system designed to reduce energy costs synergizes with?
increasing occupant wellness through adequate lighting levels and quality outside views
Factoring of strategies that make one strategy achievable while another strategy becomes too challenging
trade off
Example of trade off
increased energy use or increased building costs
Use of reverse osmosis for water purification – trade off for?
increased water use
Use of UVGI in HVAC
increased in building’s energy load and utility bill
Performance Verification Requirements for
New & Existing Buildings
New & Existing Interiors
Core and Shell
NEB and NEI - 1 month from certificate of occupancy, 50% occupancy
C&S - 2 things above not required
Performance Verification Requirements for Retail Education Commercial Kitchens Multifamily Residential
Retail, Education, Commercial Kitchen - 1 month from certificate of occupancy, 50% occupancy
C&S - 2 things above not required
After well report
___ xx days for owners to review WELL report and appeal
___ xx days for WELL to reevaluate
___ xx days for subsequent appeals
180 days
20 to 25 business days
90 days
Expands scope of standard from building to communtiy
WELL Community Standard
WELL Community Standard Certification
- owner must be?
- must complete document submission within?
- is there a precertification?
- 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
WELL Community Standard Certification should use what?
and when?
Design Verified designation prior to completion of construction
Allows project to market the proposed wellness feature and communicate their progress towards WELL Certification
Design Verified designation
WELL Certification for Community Standard is valid for?
Forfeited when?
5 years
When it does not obtain recertification within 66 months of initial certification
AAP not counted if retracted within how many hours?
48
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?
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
A project may submit single AAP and utilize ruling across all projects if they are?
Projects are located at the same development plan
AAps submitted are for WELL’s Organizational Protocol
Which WELL version should a project follow?
For first recertification: the original WELL
After 1st recertification: follow the WELL version 12 months prior to expiry of the WELL certification
Mid cycle reviews
Send every 12 months any upgrades to WELL to improve score
Recertification date will not be changed
