BREEAM & WELL Buildings Standard, Chris Ward, BREEAM

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 & Wellness31 January 2017

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

BREEAM assessment categories

innovation

transport land use & ecology

materials management

water

energy

waste

health & wellbeing

pollution

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

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’

Health & Wellbeing in BREEAM– Integral part of BREEAM schemes since 1990– 2 recent BREEAM Briefing Papers on the subject1. 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

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

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

BREEAM credit alignment with WELL features

WELL feature alignment with BREEAM credits

Overall BREEAM alignment against WELL feature parts

16%1%

14%

69%

BREEAM UK NC & RFO

Equivalent Partial equivalenceAligned Not covered

16% 1%

12%

71%

BREEAM International NC & RFO

Equivalent Partial equivalenceAligned Not covered

Overall BREEAM alignment against WELL feature parts

11%

1%

18%

70%

BREEAM In-Use

Equivalent Partial equivalenceAligned Not covered

WELL feature parts addressed in BREEAM UK New Construction

Air Water Nourishment Light Fitness Comfort Mind0%

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Equivalent Partially equivalent Aligned Not covered

WELL feature parts addressed in BREEAM International New Construction

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WELL feature parts addressed in BREEAM In-Use

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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

Questions?

BREEAM Briefing Papers:www.breeam.com/resources

Email: Christopher.Ward@bre.co.uk