The WELL Building Standard for Healthy Environments

The WELL Building Standard for Healthy Environments

The WELL is the world’s first Building Standard architectural benchmark which has its focus solely on consideration of both human health as well as wellness in the aim of improving sustainability (Buydens, 2016). As human beings we spend a significant amount of our time indoors, an estimated ninety per cent, therefore the environment built is deemed to present a great impact upon our productivity, happiness as well as health. According to Buydens (2016), the WELL Building Standards thus makes an introduction to a strategic model which aimed towards improving human-centered construction and design. The WELL Standards brings forth…