This document discusses the emerging trillion-dollar market for health and wellness and how building design can support occupant health and well-being. It highlights how factors like air quality, lighting, ergonomics, and biophilic design can positively impact occupant health, productivity, and business performance. The WELL Building Standard is presented as a rating system that aims to implement these evidence-based health strategies and features at the building scale.

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Environmental Protection Agency. Report to Congress on indoor air quality: Volume 2. Washington, DC :
Environmental Protec- tion Agency, 1989. EPA/400/1-89/001C.

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4. WELL GREEN
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5. WELLNESS
IS THE NEXT
TRILLION DOLLAR
INDUSTRY
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Healthy, wealthy and (maybe) wise: The emerging trillion-dollar market for health and wellness. Putney
Cloos, Sherina Ebrahim, Tracey Griffin, and Warren Teichner. Consumer and Market Insights, May, 2012.
McKinsey and Co.
Real Estate
Health
& WellnessWELL

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It will literally
change the way
we live and work
FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
ON THE WELL BUILDING STANDARD

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11. Ensuring that certification for WELL and LEED works seamlessly.
GBCI+IWBI
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Our Environments are Causing Unhealthy Lifestyles
and Low Productivity

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15. Salary | Benefits: 90% Annual Cost
Energy | 1% Annual Cost
Rent | Operations: 9% Annual Cost
1Knoll Workplace Research “What’sGood for People, Moving from Wellnessto Well-Being”, Kate Lister 2014
2Studies include those conducted by organizations including Harvard Business Review, World Economic Forum and the American Journal of Health
Promotion,
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SMART BUSINESS

16. Design for Healthy Behaviors is ranked #1
as both most transformative +
fastest-moving sub-trend of the Health and
Well-Being macro-trend.
- ASID Industry Outlook, 2015
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17. WELL is like a
NUTRITION LABEL
for your building, providing transparency
on the quality of our built environment.
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19. WELL Features evaluate ongoing
aspects of building performance
and occupant behavior to support
the operations and maintenance
of healthy buildings throughout
the building lifecycle.
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83% of the EU population is exposed to unsafe levels of
PM10 on a daily basis
28% of yearly French deaths are caused by cardiovascular diseases
31% of French deaths are caused by lung cancer

23. Air Quality Monitoring
Haworth’s Showroom in Shanghai
demonstrated improved air quality,
providing transparency to building
occupants and visitors.
WELL Projects
Demonstrate Quality

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27. Circadian Lighting Emulates the Natural Environment
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The average French citizen currently
spends 8 hours a day staring at a screen

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“New York’s Healthiest Building”

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NAVA Sloan’s Lake Condos

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The Bloc.
Los Angeles, USA
A 1.8 million square foot mixed-use property

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37. Tours Duo, Ivanhoé Cambridge

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55 Amsterdam, Gecina

39. At the 2015 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, Delos, the pioneer of Wellness
Real Estate™, and Strategic Property Partners announced a partnership to create the
world’s first WELL Certified™ city district in Tampa, Florida
Announcing the
First WELL Certified™ City District

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