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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%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Equivalent Partially equivalent Aligned Not covered
WELL feature parts addressed in BREEAM International New Construction
Air Water Nourishment Light Fitness Comfort Mind0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Equivalent Partially equivalent Aligned Not covered
WELL feature parts addressed in BREEAM In-Use
Air Water Nourishment Light Fitness Comfort Mind0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Equivalent Partially equivalent Aligned Not covered
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
