WELL Building Credits used for LEED ID Credit

Laura Steinbrink

Managing Member

Emerald Built Environments

LEEDuser Basic Member

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United States

August 10, 2016

Is it possible to achieve a LEED Innovation credit for pursuit of a WELL Building credit?

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Brian Salazar

President, LEED AP, WELL AP

Entegra Development & Investment, LLC

LEEDuser Premium Member

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Wed, 08/10/2016 - 20:44

Laura - I haven't seen this approved by LEED yet, but you could always make your case and submit it. From what i remember, the folks at IWBI are looking for connections like these. You might have luck emailing or calling IWBI directly. They answer the phone.

Michael Munn

Assistant Project Manager, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, CPHC

The Green Engineer, Inc.

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Wed, 08/10/2016 - 20:54

There are many WELL Features that overlap with LEED Pilot credits. Emphasis on the overlap part though, achieving the WELL Feature may not fulfill all that's required for a LEED ID credit point. In Appendix E of the WELL reference guide, there's a list of WELL Features with LEED v4 similarities, including Pilot credits.

Kathryn West

LEED AP BD+C, O+M, Green Globes Professional

JLL

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Thu, 10/13/2016 - 20:34

I asked GBCI this question! I was told that you CAN submit a WELL feature for a LEED ID credit if you register your project for WELL...I'd recommend emailing GBCI because they told me that if I pursued this approach I'd have to upload the email to LEED Online.