Why WELL certification matters
Buildings affect how people work, concentrate, interact and recharge. WELL provides a structured way to address these impacts through design, operation and organisational policy.
A recent study found that WELL Certified buildings reported a near 30% improvement in overall workplace satisfaction, a 26% increase in wellbeing scores and a 10-point increase in median productivity scores.
Workplace impact
A study comparing WELL Certified and non-WELL Certified offices across the Asia-Pacific region found people in WELL offices reported higher satisfaction with sunlight, acoustic privacy, outdoor connection, lighting, thermal comfort, indoor air quality and air movement. The same study found 12% fewer Sick Building Syndrome complaints and 6% fewer musculoskeletal complaints.
Commercial impact
WELL can also support stronger asset outcomes. Research cited by IWBI found certified healthy buildings achieved rent increases of up to 7.7% compared with nearby non-WELL Certified buildings and spaces with health-focused attributes had lease terms more than a year longer than spaces without them.
WELL standard fundamentals
The WELL Building Standard focuses on how buildings, interiors and organisational settings affect people through 10 categories: air, water, light, sound, materials, movement, nourishment, thermal comfort, mind and community.
These are assessed through defined features, evidence requirements and performance verification.
This gives asset owners, employers, tenants and the wider community a clearer way to demonstrate that health and wellbeing outcomes have been considered, documented and tested.
WELL can support:
- early design decisions that inform indoor environment, user experience and workplace performance
- operational comfort and healthy environment performance
- leasing outcomes
- ESG reporting
- social sustainability commitments.
Our WELL certification services
We help businesses understand whether WELL is the right pathway for their project, asset or portfolio. Our services include:
- reviewing a project brief against WELL requirements
- identifying practical design implications
- coordinating evidence required for assessment
- supporting modelling, documentation and technical inputs
- reviewing design responses against WELL features
- supporting performance verification and post-occupancy requirements.
Our aim is to make WELL useful and impactful for the people who use your space.
WELL is most effective when considered early. This allows the project team to understand the requirements, test the implications and make informed decisions on best-for-project strategies while there‘s still flexibility in design.
