WELL Building StandardとBiophilic design
建物が人の健康や幸福に与える影響を評価するシステム” WELL Building Standard® ”が発表されました。 The WELL Building Standard® is an evidence-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring the performance of building features that impact health and wellbeing. このシステムはInternational WELL Building Institute (IWBI)が推進しており、LEEDの推進母体のGBCiもLEED+WELLとして推奨しています。 具体的には、対象建設物の空気や水、光など7つのカテゴリー( Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Fitness, Comfort and Mind. )と100の要素をエビデンスベースドで評価するもので、WELL APの認定制度もスタートしているようです。 WELLを採用する理由として以下の文章が紹介されています。 --- WHY WELL? WELL Certification can also generate increased savings and productivity, in addition to a meaningful return on investment to the tenant and building owner. By placing people at the heart of design, construction, operations and development decisions, we have the ability to add meaningful value to real estate assets, generate savings in personnel costs, and enhance the human experience, health and wellbeing. WELL empowers the creation of healthy environments for