WELL Certification Flashcards
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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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- Registration
- Documentation
- Verification
- Certification
- 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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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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How much of the proceeds go to charity?
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51%
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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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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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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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performance based feature for monitoring, certifying, and monitoring features
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WELL Building Standard
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One of the 105 sections
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Features
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Feature that is mandatory
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Precondition
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Factoring of strategies that make one strategy achievable while another strategy becomes too challenging
trade off
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Public benefit organization that administers the WELL building standard
IWBI
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Interrelationship between systems or components of those systems that can be realized through strategic integration
synergy
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Additional feature that can be used in a flexible pathway to achiever higher levels
Optimization
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one of the 209 groupings of requirements in WELL that dictates the parameters or metrics to be met
part
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WELL triple bottom line goal
Financial
Environmental
Social
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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
Stakeholder
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WELL Certification Process and Steps
1. Registration
2. Documentation Review
3. Performance Verification
4. Certification
5. Recertification and documentation review
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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
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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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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
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Responsible for authorizing the registration
Owner. If multi owner, select one person
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Acts as consultant and Guide
WELL AP
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Architects, contractors, environmental compliance officers
Licensed professionals
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Independent 3rd party
| reviews both documentation and performance tests
WELL Reviewer
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Conducts performance tests on site, undergo training by GBCI
WELL performing test agents
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letters required from licensed professional
Letters of Assurance
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Drawings with highlighted information to prove how the requirement of a specific feature are met
Annotated Documents
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Contains general project details, floor plans, maps, etc
General documents
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After submission of documents, this will undergo documentation review. For how many days?
20 to 25 business days
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The process where site visit by WELL performance testing agent is required
performance verification
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When can performance verification be done?
Certificate of occupancy for 1 month
| Minimum 50% of expected occupancy
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Available after 40 to 45 business days after performance verification
comprehensive report that includes a feature by feature summary
WELL Reports
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alternative solutions for meeting the intent of a WELL feature app
Alternative Adherence Plan
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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
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How many free Alternative Adherence Plan for?
Projects?
Pilot?
3
10
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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.
Equivalences
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What is Curative Actions & Appeals?
after review, owner has 180 days to accept or initiate curative action plan to address unmet criteria
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Outlines strategies that project team will employ to address unmet criteria
Curative action plan
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How many days does WELL Reviewer reviewed curative action plans?
20-25 business days
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Outlines disagreements with the WELL report
Appeals
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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
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What means if it is WELL pre-certified?
estimate of which feature likely to achieve
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After WELL certification but before recertification
Continued Engagement
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Continued Engagement submission requirements
submit within 15 months from certification
| and every 12 months thereafter
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Recertification requirement
every 3 years
undergo performance evaluation again
must be completed with 6 months (42 months after initial certification)
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Multiparty workshop that brings people together to explore, generate, and collaboratively produce building design options
Charrette
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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
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A requirement of a feature
part
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Air Concept: % of furniture meet voluntary material reporting requirements is same with?
Imperative 10 of the Living Building Challenge 3.0
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Air Concept: Permanent Entry walk-off systems same with?
Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) credits for LEED v4 Building Design and Construction (BD+C)
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Documents that help project teams find synergies between certification programs
Crosswalks
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Comfort Concept: Adjustable workstation chairs synergizes with?
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?
increasing occupant wellness through adequate lighting levels and quality outside views
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Factoring of strategies that make one strategy achievable while another strategy becomes too challenging
trade off
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Example of trade off
increased energy use or increased building costs
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Use of reverse osmosis for water purification -- trade off for?
increased water use
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Use of UVGI in HVAC
increased in building's energy load and utility bill
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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
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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
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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
180 days
20 to 25 business days
90 days
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Expands scope of standard from building to communtiy
WELL Community Standard
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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
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WELL Community Standard Certification should use what?
| and when?
Design Verified designation prior to completion of construction
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Allows project to market the proposed wellness feature and communicate their progress towards WELL Certification
Design Verified designation
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WELL Certification for Community Standard is valid for?
Forfeited when?
5 years
When it does not obtain recertification within 66 months of initial certification
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AAP not counted if retracted within how many hours?
48
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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Mid cycle reviews
Send every 12 months any upgrades to WELL to improve score
Recertification date will not be changed
