The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), a public benefit corporation, owns and manages WELL. Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI)—the same nonprofit that reviews LEED projects—is the third-party certifier for the system.
Basic requirements
The standard covers seven major categories, called “concepts” in the rating system’s lingo, where prerequisites are “preconditions,” and credits are optional “optimizations”:
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John Mlade
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