Hi All! My inquiry is in regard to the possibility of achieving IOc1 -EBOM 2009 points for "documenting occupants participation in a comprehensive employee wellness program that provides regular access to and participation in hralth and fitness amenities to enhance physical and mental health."(pg. 471 in Ref. Guide) My question is if anyone has attempted this before, what forms of documentation you provided that were accepted or denied. We are working with a university who has great state health care benefits offering many of the listed health programs at no cost, although none of the classes or facilities are held at this particular building site.
Any insight is appreciated!
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 20, 2013 - 7:54 pm
Sara, I don't have experience with this option, and haven't seen it discussed before on LEEDuser. I would say, though, that the availability of the programs doesn't sound sufficient. An anonymous occupant survey to see how many people participant, along with regular communication to occupants encouraging use of the programs, would probaby go along way. Those strategies aren't so applicable for an NC project, though.
Sara Zoumbaris
Sustainable Design Consulting30 thumbs up
March 21, 2013 - 1:13 pm
Tristan, great info. This is for an EBOM project and I agree that the participation and "education" factor will go along way.
Scott Bowman
LEED FellowIntegrated Design + Energy Advisors, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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April 2, 2013 - 10:30 am
Sara, I cannot provide any details, but I know that a NC v2.2 project got this kind of ID credit. It was for a large health insurance company headquarters that got LEED Platinum. We were the MEP engineers, so I really only know that they got the point, not how they did it or documented it.
My guess is as a insurance company, they had data and participation data to support just about anything.
Amy King
LEED Green AssociateGGO Architects
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May 30, 2013 - 4:10 pm
Sara - I'd be interested to know if you went for that innovation point and if it was approved. Our client has a pretty extensive employee wellness program in place and can get data to back it up and I plan to pursue the credit. Thanks!
Simon Sue
SL+A INTERNATIONAL ASIA INC.411 thumbs up
October 30, 2013 - 4:47 am
I noticed something like your suggestion in the old / very outdated CIR database, so I've been keeping an eye out for these strategies.
I'm not sure how relevant this may be (I don't have time to really review), but I recently heard that many NYC projects have achieved an ID point for "Active Design", and I think it could be a similar concept to what you've suggested --- promoting occupants' health & wellness. You can look here for more information on the NYC programs... As they say this is a "Discussion of synergies between active design and sustainable design initiatives such as LEED and PlaNYC." http://www.nyc.gov/html/ddc/html/design/active_design.shtml
http://centerforactivedesign.org/guidelines/
Good luck! Let us know if you succeed.