Chris Ward from BREEAM looks at the recent alignment between BREEAM and the WELL Building Standard at the Constructing Excellence Sustainabilty Theme Group on 31 January 2017.
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BREEAM & WELL Buildings Standard, Chris Ward, BREEAM
1. Part of the BRE Trust
Alignment between BREEAM and The WELL Building
StandardTM
Dr Chris Ward, Principal Consultant, BRE
CE Sustainability Theme Group – Healthy Buildings & Wellness
31 January 2017
2. BREEAM overview
– World’s first sustainability rating scheme for the built
environment
– Over 2.25 million registered buildings
– Over 550,000 certified buildings
– Applied in 78 countries
– Pushes performance beyond regulatory minima/ standard
practice
– Based on robust science and evidence
– Holistic assessment of sustainability issues
4. BREEAM life cycle stages & buildings schemes
– BREEAM UK New Construction 2014
– BREEAM International New Construction 2016
– BREEAM UK Refurbishment & Fit-out 2014
– BREEAM International Refurbishment & Fit-out 2015
– BREEAM In-Use International 2015
5. WELL Building StandardTM (WELL)
– Launched in late 2014 by Delos
– Operated by International WELL
Building InstituteTM (IWBITM)
– Certification through Green Business
Certification Inc (GBCI)
– “WELL is the first building standard to
focus exclusively on the health and
wellness of the people in buildings.
WELL is a performance-based system
for measuring and certifying features of
buildings that impact human health and
well-being, through air, water,
nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and
mind.”
– Certification after post-occupancy
‘Performance Verification’
6. Health & Wellbeing in BREEAM
– Integral part of BREEAM schemes since 1990
– 2 recent BREEAM Briefing Papers on the subject
1. Health and Wellbeing in BREEAM
– Indoor environment
– Ecology and outdoor space
– Active/healthy lifestyle
– Safety and security
– H&W of users in surrounding areas (Pollution)
– Management/Consultation/Handover
2. Health and Wellbeing Strategy
– Health and safety in the construction process
– Occupant health and wellbeing
– Neighbour health and wellbeing
– Free downloads: http://www.breeam.com/resources
7. BRE collaboration with IWBI
– Announcement of collaboration on
28 November 2016
– BREEAM and WELL alignment
– Technical mapping/ ‘crosswalk’
– H&W research
– BRE office building to become
'living lab' for occupant health
and wellbeing
8. BREEAM and WELL alignment
– BRE and IWBI have agreed
specific technical issues where
documentation/evidence will be
recognised by both organisations
– BREEAM Briefing Paper published
30 January 2017
http://www.breeam.com/resources
– Alignment classification
– Equivalent
– Partially equivalent
– Aligned
– Not covered
– Includes issues covered by UK and
EU regulations
11. Overall BREEAM alignment against WELL feature parts
16%
1%
14%
69%
BREEAM UK NC & RFO
Equivalent Partial equivalence
Aligned Not covered
16%
1%
12%
71%
BREEAM International NC & RFO
Equivalent Partial equivalence
Aligned Not covered
12. Overall BREEAM alignment against WELL feature parts
11%
1%
18%
70%
BREEAM In-Use
Equivalent Partial equivalence
Aligned Not covered
13. WELL feature parts addressed in BREEAM UK New
Construction
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Air Water Nourishment Light Fitness Comfort Mind
Equivalent Partially equivalent Aligned Not covered
14. WELL feature parts addressed in BREEAM International
New Construction
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Air Water Nourishment Light Fitness Comfort Mind
Equivalent Partially equivalent Aligned Not covered
15. WELL feature parts addressed in BREEAM In-Use
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Air Water Nourishment Light Fitness Comfort Mind
Equivalent Partially equivalent Aligned Not covered
16. Future work
– BRE and IWBI will update Briefing Paper as BREEAM
and WELL standards are updated/modified
– Gather information from projects applying both standards
– Review possibility of closer alignment during BREEAM
scheme updates (e.g. UK New Construction 2018)
– Collaborate on H&W research and integrate findings into
standards