Launched May 31 worldwide and celebrated with fanfare in New York, Beijing, London and Sydney, the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) unveiled the WELL v2™ pilot, the next version of its pioneering WELL Building Standard™, the first rating system to focus exclusively on the impacts of buildings on human health and wellness.
Read MoreArchitects, designers, business leaders and wellness advocates across the globe have been convening and mobilizing through the WELL AP program. In its expansion, the WELL AP community has transformed into a support network for project teams and industry professionals creating localized and issue-specific forums and communication channels. The WELL AP community has spurred healthy building design innovations and has played an instrumental role in the evolution of WELL.
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Dallas-based real estate developer HALL Group announced that HALL Arts Residences, the company’s 28-story luxury residential high-rise under construction in the Dallas Arts District, is the first residential development to register for WELL Multifamily Certification in Texas. In partnership with the project’s architect HKS Inc. and AD100 interior designer Emily Summers Design Associates, HALL Arts Residences was designed to be the healthiest high-rise in Texas
Read More“Our relationship with BRE is in evidence across several categories,” said IWBI Chairman and CEO Rick Fedrizzi. “We’re proud of the pioneering work we’ve done by developing a crosswalk between the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL™) and BREEAM, simplifying for the market opportunities to use these two leading building standards in tandem to achieve both sustainability and human health goals.
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Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens announces its Sustainability Training Workshop to be held Feb. 20 – 21, 2018. Interactive hands-on training will provide leaders with new information and tools that answer the question, “What does good look like?” to develop a green building that meets their values and aspirations.
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The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI)™announced at Greenbuild International Conference and Expo that they are teaming up to enhance WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP™) education for the design community. Beginning in February 2018, ASID members who have or receive IWBI’s WELL Faculty™ designation will lead WELL AP exam preparation courses throughout the United States. ASID members will receive discounted pricing as a way to increase the opportunity for those in the design community to obtain the WELL AP credential.
Read MoreUL’s Wellness Certification mark will to signal architects, designers and specifiers that certified products such as furniture, interior paints and coatings, adhesives and sealants, insulation and lighting comply with requirements of the WELL Building Standard and can help their projects achieve certification.
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Yesterday, the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) reported that five projects have already registered to pursue the newly launched WELL Community Certification, helping to set a new global benchmark for healthy communities.
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To implement the vision for Water Street Tampa, SPP is currently working with 10 award-winning architectural firms on the design of 18 distinct buildings and 12.9 acres of new and enhanced public space, breathing fresh energy into Tampa’s downtown. The revitalization is already underway with the construction of new roadways, streetscapes, and utility and technology infrastructure work in progress, which will bring distinctive pedestrian-oriented design to Downtown Tampa.
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We know – through programs like the WELL Building Standard and others that address human health and wellness in the built environment – that humans have a built-in response to nature. Through factors that reach back to our origins as hunter-gatherers, the human response to exposure to nature results in a number of benefits that reinforce human health, wellness and performance.
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