Health & Wellbeing Certification
A summary of the WELL Building Standard, and how Qualia CIH Inc. supports the Air and Water testing behind it.
Also read: LEED Certification Summary →
The WELL Building Standard is a performance-based rating system focused on how buildings affect human health and wellbeing, administered by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). WELL v2 organizes requirements across ten concepts — Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Movement, Thermal Comfort, Sound, Materials, Mind, and Community — each combining required preconditions with optional, scored optimizations.
Unlike design-focused standards, WELL certification depends on measured, on-site performance. An approved WELL Performance Testing Agent verifies conditions directly in the completed space, and projects earn one of four levels — Bronze, Silver, Gold, or Platinum — based on points achieved.
The Air and Water concepts sit squarely in industrial hygiene territory: ventilation rate verification, indoor air quality monitoring against EPA-aligned thresholds, VOC and particulate testing, and potable water quality analysis are all measured requirements, not paperwork exercises.
How Qualia CIH Inc. Helps
Qualia CIH Inc. supports WELL project teams with the air and water quality testing, ventilation assessment, and monitoring data needed to satisfy Air and Water preconditions and optimizations — the same measurement discipline used in occupational exposure assessment, applied to whole-building performance. This measurement-first approach makes on-site industrial hygiene testing central to certification, not a formality layered on afterward, especially for the Air and Water concepts.
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