The IWBI - International WELL Building Institute, is a public benefit corporation whose mission is to improve human health and wellbeing through the built environment. To realize this vision, IWBI administers the WELL Building Standard.
WELL is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment that impact human health and wellbeing, through air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and mind. WELL is grounded in a body of medical research that explores the connection between the buildings in which we spend more than 90 percent of our time, and the health and wellness impacts on us as occupants. WELL Certified™ spaces help create built environments that improve the nutrition, fitness, mood, sleep patterns, and performance of occupants.
WELL is a comprehensive approach to human health and wellness related to the built environment, addressing the elements of our built environment through the seven concepts
1. Air
2. Water
3. Nourishment
4. Light
5. Fitness
6. Comfort
7. Mind
IWBI collaborates with GBCI, Green Business Certification Institute, which is the organization that provides third party certification for WELL.
WELL certificates can be achieved for various building types in three levels; Silver, Gold, Platinum
The expert GVP Green Building Consultants, have been accredited by the IWBI and have acquired WELL AP credentials (Accredited WELL Professional). With this specialty, they are supporting their clients at any region of the world to obtain the WELL certificate.