General / Rating System

Question 1

State IWB’s Focus

Answer 1

advance the health and wellness of building components in order to help the occupants lead healthier lives

Question 2

Name IWB’s three Project types

Answer 2

1. New and Existing Building
2. New and Existing Interiors
3. Core and Shell

Question 3

Name the Pilot Programs offered in v1

Answer 3

1. Multifamily Residential
2. Retail
3. Restaurants
4. Commercial Kitchen
5. Educational Facilities
6. Communities

Question 4

State IWB’s Mission Statement

Answer 4

”. . . to improve human health and well-being through the built environment.”

Question 5

How many total Features are offered?

Answer 5

100 + 5 Innovation Features

Question 6

What are the two kinds of Features offered?

Answer 6

1. Precondition

2. Optimization

Question 7

How often must the building be recertified?

Answer 7

3 years

Question 8

Name the 7 Concepts

Answer 8

1. Air
2. Water
3. Nourishment
4. Light
5. Fitness
6. Comfort
7. Mind

Question 9

Explain the score card

Answer 9

Rating between 1-10
1-4: not certified (did not meet all preconditions)
5-6: silver
7-8: Gold
9-10: Platinum

Question 10

Describe the Air Concept

Answer 10

Goal: Achieve optimal indoor air quality to promote more healthful living
How: remove airborne contaminates, pollution prevention, air purification
Features: 29

Question 11

Describe the Water Concept

Answer 11

Goal: optimize the quality of available water available to building occupants and promote its accessibility
How: ensure water is safe, clean, easily accessible through filtration, treatment, and strategic placement
Features: 8

Question 12

Describe the Nourishment Cocept

Answer 12

Goal: encourage healthier eating habits and food culture that lead to better health and well-being
How: promote healthier eatin habits through increases availability and visibility; limit availability of bad foods; encourage practice of more responsible eating
Features: 15

Question 13

Describe the Light Concept

Answer 13

Goal: minimize disruptions to the circadian rhythms of building occupants, enhance productivity, improve physical energy and mood levels
How: promote strategies for better illumination by providing criteria for window performance and design, light output and control, and appropriate visual acuity
Features: 11

Question 14

Describe the Fitness Concept

Answer 14

Goal: encourage the integration of physical activity into the everyday life of building occupants
How: promote strategies by utilizing building design, accommodating fitness regimens, providing the space and opportunity for an active lifestyle
Features: 8

Question 15

Describe the Comfort Concept

Answer 15

Goal: Design an indoor environment that is distraction free, productive, and comfortable for building occupants
How: promote strategies for meeting accessibility design standards, providing comfortable furnishings and workstations, controlling acoustics and thermal conditions, reducing known sources of discomfort.
Features: 12

Question 16

Describe the Mind Concept

Answer 16

Goal: support the mental and emotional health and well being of building occupants
How: provide occupants w/ regular feedback and knowledge about their indoor environment through design elements, relaxation spaces, health treatments and benefits
Features: 17

Question 17

Describe the Innovation Features:

Answer 17

Goal: promote the continuous advancement of well and allow project teams to achieve higher certification levels
Features: 5

Question 18

What human body systems does IWB consider?

Answer 18

1. Cardiovascular
2. Digestive
3. Endocrine
4. Immune
5. Integumentary
6. Muscular
7. Nervous
8. Reproductive
9. Respiratory
10. Skeletal
11. Urinary

Question 19

Explain how IWB benefits the Cariovascular System

Answer 19

mitigating stress, encouraging healthy nutrition, providing opportunities for physical activity, and eliminating environmental health hazards in the air and water

Question 20

Explain how IWB benefits the Digestive System

Answer 20

mitigating stress and encouraging healthy nutrition

Question 21

Explain how IWB benefis the Endocrine system

Answer 21

mitigating stress, encouraging healthy nutrition, and eliminating environmental health hazards in the air and water

Question 22

Explain how IWB benefits the Immune System

Answer 22

eliminating environmental health hazards in the air and water, mitigating stress, encouraging healthy nutrition, and providing opportunities for physical activity

Question 23

Explain how IWB benefits the Integumentary System

Answer 23

encouraging healthy nutrition and eliminating environmental health hazards

Question 24

Explain how IWB benefits the Muscular System

Answer 24

providing opportunities for physical activity and supporting proper ergonomics

Question 25

Explain how IWB benefits the Nervous System

Answer 25

mitigating stress, encouraging healthy nutrition, providing opportunities for physical activity, eliminating environmental health hazards in the air and water, promoting quality sleep

Question 26

Explain how IWB benefits the Reproductive System

Answer 26

Encouraging healthy nutrition, providing opportunities for physical activity, eliminating environmental health hazards in the air and water.

Question 27

Explain how IWB benefits the Respiratory System

Answer 27

eliminating airborne environmental health hazards and providing opportunities for physical activity to strengthen the lungs

Question 28

Explain how IWB benefits the Skeletal System

Answer 28

encouraging healthy nutrition, providing opportunities for physical activity, and supporting proper ergonomics.

Question 29

Explain how IWB benefits the urinary System

Answer 29

mitigating stress and eliminating waterborne environmental health hazards

Question 30

Define Triple Bottom Line

Answer 30

The concept of sustainability that includes the financial, environmental, and social bottom lines of a project

Question 31

Define the Financial TBL

Answer 31

defines the economic well-being of a company, how the project is financed, and the ROI of the project, which could be positive or negative

Question 32

Define the Environmental TBL

Answer 32

the project's impact on land, air, water, plants, and animals as well as the regional and global environmental concerns

Question 33

Define the Social TBL

Answer 33

impact of the construction of the building on the public as well as the occupants healthiness, happiness, and productivity THIS IS WELL'S PRIMARY FOCUS

Question 34

Define the Process of WELL certification

Answer 34

``` Five Steps: Registration Documentation Review, Performance Verification Certification Recertification ```

Question 35

What is an Alternative Adherence Path (AAP)

Answer 35

The alternate route that a team can take in achieving a specific feature.

Question 36

Define a curative action plan

Answer 36

the document that outlines how a team will employ to address unmet criteria as identified in the WELL report