WELL Introduction

Origin

WELL is the abbreviation of the international WELL Healthy Building Standard™ (a healthy building standard derived from the United States). WELL is managed by the International WELL Building Institute™ (International WELL Building Institute™, referred to as IWBI™), a public welfare enterprise in the United States. WELL is the world's first building certification standard that focuses on improving human health and well-being through the indoor environment. It was launched after 8 years of dialogue, research and inspection by world-renowned health science experts and building science experts. It is based on the actual performance of buildings. A system for measurement and certification.

WELL was originally recommended by former US President Bill Clinton to the world in September 2012. It officially released the WELL v1 version in October 2014, the WELL v2 trial version on May 31, 2018, and the official version of WELL v2 in 2020. available.

The WELL v1 standard extends from the seven areas of air, water, nutrition, light, fitness, comfort and spirit that are most directly related to human health and well-being to WELL v2's air, water, nutrition, light, exercise, thermal comfort, acoustic environment, The ten major areas of material, spirit and community evaluate the health attributes of the project, independently certified by the third-party certification agency GBCI, and are divided into four certification levels: bronze, silver, gold and platinum.

The WELL healthy building standard is not only a standard but also a movement, a thought change, a way of life, and a commitment to oneself, family and society. WELL's people-oriented pursuit of a healthy environment has received enthusiastic responses from outstanding companies all over the world. As of the beginning of 2022, more than 34,710 projects in 111 countries around the world have registered the WELL healthy building standard, with a floor area of more than 356 million square feet, of which a total of 20,908 projects have been certified. Compared with 2020, the caseload has increased by nearly 780%.

In Taiwan, WELL has also become a new trend in architecture. As of June 2022, a total of 46 cases have been registered, with a floor area of more than 705,000 square meters. Nearly 80% of the cases were counseled by Yijing, and completed the first in Taiwan. WELL Gold certification, Taiwan's first WELL Platinum certification, and Taiwan's first WELL v2 certification.

WELL was originally recommended by former US President Bill Clinton to the world in September 2012. It officially released the WELL v1 version in October 2014, the WELL v2 trial version on May 31, 2018, and the official version of WELL v2 in 2020. available.

The WELL Health-Safety Rating applies to facility operations and management, and applies to any size, any use category, and all new and existing building uses. The HSR strategy was developed by more than 600 public health, virology, government officials, academics, industry leaders, architects, designers, building scientists, and real estate professionals from the WELL Building Standard and the IWBI COVID-19 Task Force. HSR is a set of policies and operating guidelines that focus on improving the health management quality of epidemic prevention in this space through the formulation of optimized operating policies, maintenance plans, and emergency plan operations.

The WELL Healthy Building Performance Evaluation Standard WELL Performance Rating (WPR) is jointly developed by IWBI and industry experts and academic units in the field of smart building technology. This evaluation criterion provides a good roadmap for enterprises and organizations to demonstrate indoor environmental quality (IEQ), so as to objectively and transparently demonstrate the performance of key IEQ factors such as air quality, drinking water safety, thermal comfort, acoustic environment and light in the indoor environment. health indicators.


Brief introduction of Yijing service

WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP) is a WELL-certified professional who has become the main force of the WELL movement and shoulders the important mission of promoting health and well-being in buildings and communities around the world. As of June 2022, there are currently professionals with WELL AP qualifications in the world It has exceeded 10,945, and Taiwan has 43.

WELL Faculty is a professional lecturer qualification officially awarded by WELL. It is a lecturer who promotes WELL education and shoulders the important task of promoting global healthy building knowledge and education. As of June 2022, there are currently only 287 lecturers with WELL Faculty qualifications in the world. Taiwan has 11.

As an official member of IWBI, WELL Home Advisor, and WELL PTA qualification, Yijing not only promotes WELL cases for a long time, but also strives to promote WELL AP education. In addition to the company, it has 11 WELL APs and 2 WELL Faculty. The company with the most WELL Faculty.


Transition Milestones

2018 September Completed the first WELL Gold certification in Taiwan
November Two staff won the WELL Faculty
2019 September Become a cornerstone member of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)
October Received IWBI 2019 Outstanding Leader Award
Two WELL Performance Test Agent (PTA) personnel are certified
2020 June Completed the first WELL Platinum certification in Taiwan
Completed the first WELL v2 case in Taiwan
October Winner of IWBI's 2020 Outstanding Leadership Award
December Completed the first full-scale WELL platinum-level commercial building in Taiwan
2021 February Health for ALL, WELL for all
Yijing x IWBI x IKEA x Commonwealth Magazine Spring Forum
March Completed the mid-term certification of Taiwan's first whole house
April Become an Official Consultant of WELL Home Advisor
May Completed the mid-term certification of the world's first semiconductor technology factory
November Winner of IWBI's 2021 Outstanding Leadership Award
2022 March Complete Micron Wafer HSR Safety Evaluation Guidelines
April Selected as the first batch of corporate representatives in the world by WELL Performance Rating
July Completed the world's first semiconductor technology factory certification
August Completed the world's first long-term care institution day care center certification

index case

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contact information

WELL Contact Person of Taiwan Headquarters
Honda Lu

✉  honda.lu@greenjump.com.tw

☎  02-23110135 #301



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