WELL Concept #6: Comfort Are your occupants in their comfort zone? The state of being comfortable is crucial to mood, performance and productivity. In today’s environment, there are myriad challenges to keeping building occupants comfortable, including external and internal noise and odors, heating and cooling demands, the …
Local Law 97: Act Now By Justin Baker, Managing Director, Lilker Energy Solutions The recent passage of New York City’s Climate Mobilization Act, Local Law 97 (LL97), sets increasingly stringent limits on buildings’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which make up nearly three-quarters of all emissions citywide. …
WELL Concept #5: Fitness Fitness is defined by the Centers for Disease Control as “the ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue, and with ample energy to enjoy leisure-time pursuits and respond to emergencies.” By now, we all know that …
WELL Concept #4: Light Beyond our visual perception of the world, the effect of light on health and well-being is an age-old precept and one that has been well documented over time. According to our resident expert, Lilker Lighting Group (LLG) Director David Cyr, lighting plays …
WELL Concept #3: Nourishment Does This Building Make Me Look Fat? Kidding aside, there is a relationship between the built environment and how nutritionally healthy you are. In fact, Nourishment is one of the seven concepts outlined in the Well Building Standard®, which explores how design, operations …
