THE WELL PROGRAM. The WELL Building StandardTM is the premier rating system for buildings, interior spaces and communities seeking to implement, validate and measure features that support and advance human health and wellness. The WELL Building Standard is aimed at improving the health and wellness of building occupants, and the WELL Community Standard™ expands that work beyond a single building to entire districts. The WELL Program consists of the process whereby owners of real property may apply to GBCI for WELL Certification under either the WELL Building Standard or WELL Community Standard, as applicable. WELL Certification refers to GBCI’s determination that a project has satisfied the requirements set forth in the WELL Building Standard or WELL Community Standard, and has accumulated all preconditions and the minimum number of features required to achieve a particular level of WELL Certification (i.e., WELL Certified™ Core, WELL Certified™ Silver, WELL Certified™ Gold, or WELL Certified™ Platinum). As the third-party certifier of the WELL Program, GBCI confers WELL Certification under license from IWBI. From time to time, the WELL Program may include the administration of WELL Certification pursuant to pilot versions of the WELL Building Standard or WELL Community Standard, including but not limited to WELL Building Standard version 2 pilot (“WELL v2”). The WELL Program is managed and operated by IWBI, its licensees and its service providers from locations in the United States, pursuant to applicable U.S. laws and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, regardless of Your geographic location or the geographic location of the applicable Project.
THE WELL PROGRAM. The WELL Building StandardTM is the premier rating system for buildings, interior spaces and communities seeking to implement, validate and measure features that support and advance human health and wellness. The WELL Building Standard is aimed at improving the health and wellness of building occupants. WELL Certification refers to GBCI’s determination that a project has satisfied the requirements set forth in the WELL Building Standard, and has accumulated all preconditions and the minimum number of optimization features required to achieve a particular level of WELL Certification (i.e., WELL Certified™ Core, WELL Certified™ Silver, WELL Certified™ Gold, or WELL Certified™ Platinum). From time to time, WELL Certification may be conferred under different versions or piloted versions of the WELL Building Standard, including under the second version of the WELL Building Standard or WELL v2 pilot (“WELL v2”). The WELL Portfolio program is a pathway to scale the strategies of WELL v2 across Projects within a defined and identifiable portfolio of real estate assets. As the third-party certifier of the WELL Program, GBCI confers a WELL Portfolio Score or WELL Certification under license from IWBI. A WELL Portfolio Score refers to a dynamic metric that reflects the health and wellness-focused achievements of a Defined Portfolio and represents the weighted average of the points achieved by all Projects within a Defined Portfolio, and weighted by the estimated number of occupants as further explained in the Portfolio Guidebook (defined below). The WELL Program is managed and operated by IWBI, its licensees and service providers from locations in the United States, pursuant to applicable U.S. laws and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, regardless of Your geographic location or the geographic location of the applicable Project or Defined Portfolio.
THE WELL PROGRAM. The WELL Building Standard is the premier rating system for buildings, interior spaces, organizations and communities seeking to implement, validate and measure features that support and advance human health and well-being. The WELL Program is managed and operated by IWBI from the United States, pursuant to applicable U.S. laws and the terms and conditions of this Agreement, regardless of Your or Your enrolled project’s geographic location. The WELL Building Standard is aimed at improving the health and well-being of building occupants and individuals within organizations, and the WELL Community Standard™ expands that work beyond a single building to entire districts. The WELL Program consists of the process whereby owners of real property may apply for WELL Certification or other designation awarded under either the WELL Building Standard or WELL Community Standard, as applicable with respect to the real and personal property or community that You enroll under this Agreement (the “Project” or “Location”). WELL Certification refers to the determination that a project has satisfied the requirements set forth in the WELL Building Standard or WELL Community Standard and has accumulated all preconditions and the minimum number of features required to achieve a particular level of WELL Certification (i.e., WELL Certified™ Core, WELL Certified™ Silver, WELL Certified™ Gold, or WELL Certified™ Platinum). More information about the process to pursue certification under the WELL Program is set forth in the WELL Program Guidebook and WELL Community Standard Guidebook available online at xxxx://xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/resources/well-programs-guidebook (for WELL Program offerings based upon the WELL Building Standard) or at xxxxx://xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/tools/well-certification-guidebook-well-communities/ (for the WELL Community Standard) and upon request and each guidebook is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
THE WELL PROGRAM. The WELL Building StandardTM is the premier rating system for buildings, interior spaces and communities seeking to implement, validate and measure features that support and advance human health and wellness. The WELL Building Standard is aimed at improving the health and wellness of building occupants. WELL Certification refers to the determination that a project has satisfied the requirements set forth in the WELL Building Standard, and has accumulated all preconditions and the minimum number of optimization features required to achieve a particular level of WELL Certification (i.e., WELL Certified™ Core, WELL Certified™ Silver, WELL Certified™ Gold, or WELL Certified™ Platinum). The WELL Portfolio program is a pathway to scale the strategies of WELL across Projects within a defined and identifiable portfolio of real estate assets with the opportunity to receive designations such as a WELL Portfolio Score or WELL Certification. A WELL Portfolio Score refers to a dynamic metric that reflects the health and wellness-focused achievements of a Defined Portfolio (defined below) and represents the weighted average of the points achieved by all Projects within a Defined Portfolio, and weighted by the estimated number of occupants as further explained in the Portfolio Guidebook available at xxxxx://xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/tools/well-portfolio-guidebook/. Further, additional information about the process for certifying individual “Projects” (defined below) is set forth in the Certification Guidebook available at xxxxx://xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx/tools/well-certification-guidebook/. The Portfolio Guidebook and Certification Guidebook contain information and instructions related to the WELL Program, including associated policies, processes and guidelines, and are incorporated herein by reference. Because the Defined Portfolio may include Projects pursuing WELL Certification, much of the Portfolio Guidebook builds upon the processes and requirements of WELL v2 and the Certification Guidebook. In situations where the WELL Portfolio program introduces a pathway that differs from that of an individual building pursuing WELL Certification as outlined in the WELL Building Standard or Certification Guidebook, the Portfolio Guidebook will aim to note such difference. In the event of conflict between the Certification Guidebook and the Portfolio Guidebook, the Portfolio Guidebook will control. The Certification Guidebook and/or Portfolio Guidebook, as the context may ...
