The Health and Well-Being section calls for the team to establish health goals for the "surrounding community and supply chain." What do they mean by that? How is a building design supposed to do that? Set measurable goals? I'd have to know what they even intend before I could set a goal. This is too vague.
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Martha Norbeck
PresidentC-Wise Design and Consulting
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December 2, 2021 - 11:34 am
My project has invested a lot of time into considering the well being of occupants, but this credit doesn't make sense? It's NC, not ND. It's hard enough to get a client to invest in this conversation for employees. I sincerly want to know the intent of the TAG? What do they really want to see here? The way I'm reading it, all our effort to implement WELL criteria within the facility is for naught because we aren't extending this to the entire community/supply chain. Am I misunderstanding?
Health & Well-being
Beginning in pre-design and continuing throughout the design phases, use the following steps to inform the design and construction documents:
• Establish health goals. Set clear and specific goals to promote the health of core groups, including:
o Building occupants and users
o Surrounding community
o Supply chain
Develop a statement of health goals for each population, including a summary of how this health goal relates to the highest priority health need for each population.
Melissa O'Mara
Transformative Systems Change Coach/ConsultantThe Leaders Co-Lab, LLC
August 7, 2024 - 1:42 pm
I'm not an expert in this credit, but I would consider the impact of the construction process itself on the community. How will you protect the well-being of residents from excessive noise, pollution (including storm run-off and contamination of local bodies of water), increased heavy traffic (including large trucks and construction vehicles?), and early morning/late evening work that might impact sleep patterns, for example. If there are negative externalities (and there will be) what can the construction process contribute in terms of restorative, or regenerative investments. For example, is there a potential to restore some of the natural ecological services that historically were provided on that site? Swamps filter water, for example. Large trees and understory provide habitats for local wildlife, and often for migrating species. What are the health needs in the local community? Are they in need of free, clean, water? A walking trail or bike trail so that people can cross the property to access a local grocery store?
Melissa O'Mara
Transformative Systems Change Coach/ConsultantThe Leaders Co-Lab, LLC
August 7, 2024 - 1:43 pm
I'm not an expert in this credit, but I would consider the impact of the construction process itself on the community. How will you protect the well-being of residents from excessive noise, pollution (including storm run-off and contamination of local bodies of water), increased heavy traffic (including large trucks and construction vehicles?), and early morning/late evening work that might impact sleep patterns, for example. If there are negative externalities (and there will be) what can the construction process contribute in terms of restorative, or regenerative investments. For example, is there a potential to restore some of the natural ecological services that historically were provided on that site? Swamps filter water, for example. Large trees and understory provide habitats for local wildlife, and often for migrating species. What are the health needs in the local community? Are they in need of free, clean, water? A walking trail or bike trail so that people can cross the property to access a local grocery store?