As promised earlier this year, the International WELL Building Institute has released the world’s first standard aimed at improving the fitness of building occupants through better-tuned indoor environments.

The performance-based井建立标准版本1.0is a system for measuring, certifying and monitoring commercial and institutional building features that have an impact on human health and well-being. Beyond the features targeted, which include air, water, nourishment, light, fitness and comfort, the standard even addresses the human mind, according to IWBI.

IWBI创始人Paul Scialla说：“公开发布Well Building Standard v1.0是我们将健康和健康带入室内环境的努力迈出的一大步，我们花了90％以上的时间。”标准，在ENR的声明中。新利18备用“通过启动Well V1.0，我们正在为健康，可持续性和房地产社区建立一个清晰的交叉路口，以通过全球建筑环境聚集在一起，以支持人类健康。”

WELL v.1 contains 102 performance metrics, design strategies and procedures that building owners, designers, engineers, contractors, users and operators can apply to new construction and major renovations, tenant improvements, and core and shell construction. In the future, the standard will address multifamily buildings, retail shops and restaurants, sports facilities, convention centers, schools, health care buildings and existing buildings.

“The vision is an ambitious one,” says Michelle Moore, IWBI’s senior vice president.

IWBI启动建设Standard on Oct. 20 at its inaugural symposium on Well building, held in New Orleans and attended by more than 450 people. IWBI is a for-profit public benefit corporation, called a B-Corp. The nonprofit B Lab certifies that B-Corps. meet rigorous standards of environmental performance.

Members of the health and wellness sector and the real estate sector joined to create the standard, which has been under development for seven years. “Historically, these groups have not spoken to each other,” says Moore.

IWBI将管理标准。绿色建筑认证研究所将提供第三方认证。GBCI还为美国绿色建筑委员会的绿色建设评级系统提供了LEED建筑物的认证。

The WELL standard is aligned with LEED and other sustainable-building programs. If a project is already registered online with LEED, all the information for LEED certification can be pulled into the WELL online system, says Moore.

Some 7.7 million sq ft of commercial, institutional and multifamily development is currently registered for certification under the WELL pilot program.CBRE Group Inc.’s global headquarters in Los Angeles received the first certification last November, under the WELL standard's pilot program. Other buildings certified through the pilot program are the Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburgh and the LYFE Kitchen restaurants in Chicago, Denver and Tarzana, Calif.

The CBRE offices are designed to improve productivity, sharpen focus, increase creativity, speed and accuracy, and reduce absenteeism, says IWBI. The pilot project targeted indoor air quality, lighting, water quality, visual acuity, physical comfort, acoustics and psychological impacts within the work environment.

CBRE办公大楼中的某些功能是空气过滤系统，声音阻尼墙，无挥发性有机化合物的涂料，水净化，人体工程学桌子和椅子，生物植物种植，吸收能量的地板和智能照明系统。

Early next year, IWBI expects to publish seven “WELLographies,” intended to support the WELL design and construction process. On the heels of the guides, IWBI will offer online and in-person seminars. Next spring, the group will launch a WELL standard professional accreditation program.

Creating a WELL-certified building adds 2% or less to the cost of construction, says Scialla, also founder and CEO of DELOS, a provider of building wellness systems. Certification itself costs about 75¢ per sq ft.

Moore adds: “This isn’t an issue of added cost, it’s an issue of added value. We look forward to documenting [the benefits of the program]. With more wellness-oriented buildings, we can measure [results] and demonstrate the business case.”