WELL Building Standard®
The WELL Building Standard® was published in 2014 by the International WELL Building Institute pbc (IWBI). 10 categories, so-called concepts, are considered (WELL v2):
- Concept 1: Air
- Concept 2: Water
- Concept 3: Nourishment
- Concept 4: Light
- Concept 5: Movement
- Concept 6: Thermal Comfort
- Concept 7: Sound
- Concept 8: Materials
- Concept 9: Mind
- Concept 10: Community
Each concept includes a variety of criteria that take into account certain aspects of physical and mental health, comfort and the community of users. Minimum requirements and a certain number of optimizations must be met for an award. A project can receive an award in
- WELL Bronze: 40 points (only for Core & Shell)
- WELL silver: 50 points
- WELL Gold: 60 points
- WELL platinum: 80 points
ffor every building type (New and Existing Buildings, Interiors, Core and Shell). The following versions are currently available:
- WELL v1
- WELL v2