"WELL Restaurant" anyone?

Seonhee Kim

Director of Sustainability

Design Collective

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October 16, 2019

Anyone has experience with WELL pilot for restaurant? I have new client, restaurateur who's running farm to table concept restaurants in DC, VA, MD area, looking to fit out one of our core & shell.. Also, any other recognized programs or certifications specific to restaurants, I would appreciate any information and resources. Their spaces are associated with Certified Green Restaurants, and they intend to pursuit LEED certification, but I think I'm in the process of soul searching to find holistic program or golden standard for people who feed others.. Also, is "Living Food Challenge" Pilot real? :) Anyone have any experience with that?

Thanks in advance!

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Jay Hindmarsh

Sustainability Services Lead

The Miller Hull Partnership

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Wed, 10/16/2019 - 16:10

Zero Food Print is another program I saw recently, seems geared towards operations and carbon goals (LCA-lite in their terms). http://www.zerofoodprint.org/ TRUE zero waste might be an interesting metric as well.

Cindy Davis

Manager, Sustainable Development

Unico Properties LLC

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Wed, 10/16/2019 - 16:38

The Green Restaurant Association has their own certification https://www.dinegreen.com/certification-standards Eight environmental categories below to see the standards. 1. Water Efficiency 2. Waste Reduction and Recycling 3. Sustainable Durable Goods & Building Materials 4. Sustainable Food 5. Energy 6. Reusables & Environmentally Preferable Disposables 7. Chemical and Pollution Reduction 8. Transparency & Education

Margaret Montgomery

Principal

NBBJ Architects

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Wed, 10/16/2019 - 18:19

The Living Food Challenge pilot is not yet up and running, but I’d encourage you to use the inquiry email to express your project interest and take a look at the standard, which is available on the page. Projects for the pilot are definitely welcome. https://living-future.org/lfc/ Margaret Montgomery, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP Principal NBBJ 223 Yale Avenue North SEATTLE WA 98109 Direct: 206.223.5230 Mobile: 206.200.4526 www.nbbj.com / @nbbjdesign / http://meanstheworld.co F

Sarah Gudeman

Principal | Practice Lead

BranchPattern

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Thu, 10/17/2019 - 16:40

I would second the endorsement for Green Restaurant Association certification. I know that WELL v2 has removed the rating system types so don’t know if it makes sense to pursue v1 pilot for restaurant anymore. Though obviously still an option.