IWBI is at Futurebuild 2020

The International WELL Building Institute returns in 2020 as a strategic partner of Futurebuild and headline partner of the Interiors Hub, together with Milliken, to demonstrate the benefits of supporting people’s health and well-being inside our buildings.

Join IWBI and Milliken at the Futurebuild Interiors Hub (C130) as we showcase the latest research, case studies and practical design guidance. Together we have curated content for the Interior Hub’s seminar programme, with a focus on health and well-being in building design, materials, build and use.

Featured keynote speakers include Cees van der Spek, Public Affairs & Global Corporate Relations Director, EDGE Technologies; Dr Julia Jones, CEO of Found in Music; and Dr Ken van Someren, Director of Performance at Boost Cognition and past Performance Coach of Team GB.

Additional discussions will include how buildings can advance human health, indoor air quality, spotlights on health in coworking spaces and within the construction sector, the benefits of biophilic design, and the WELL Building Standard (WELL) at scale. Connect with industry peers and participate in a dozen sessions across the three-day exhibition and London’s ExCeL.

Visit the IWBI team – Ann Marie Aguilar, Mona Holtkötter, Laura Wilkes, Eleftherios Zacharakis and Kristen Coco – at the Interiors Hub to learn more about WELL and better buildings that help people thrive.

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the event that will shape the future of buildings and interiors in the UK. View the complete Interiors Hub seminar programme here. Register for free today here.

TUESDAY, 3 MARCH

10.45-12.00
Performance Testing for Health
WELL Performance Verification is the hallmark of WELL Certification and as a best practice, is a distinguishing element of high-performing buildings worldwide. During this session, hear from the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) about the importance of performance verification, and learn from the experiences of two European WELL Performance Testing Organisations.

• Laura Wilkes, Manager, IWBI
• Bieito Silva Potí, WELL Building Standard Manager at ITG, WELL Faculty, Performance Testing Agent, ITG (Instituto Tecnológico de Galicia)
• Coen van der Graaf, Project Manager Building Physics & WELL Performance Testing Agent, DGMR
• Marjon van Harten, Senior specialist Acoustics and Well Performance Testing Agent, DGMR

12.30-13.45
Big Innovation Pitch
The Interiors Big Innovation Pitch will see six innovators battle it out in a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style pitch, to become a finalist for the innovation challenge. The Challenge ’ Innovation solutions that will help promote sustainable and healthy solutions in interior refurbishment for where we work and where we live.
Judges:

• John O’Brien, Founder and Managing Director, LCMB
• Flavie Lowres, Associate Director, Strategic Advisory, BRE
• Mona Holtkoetter, Manager, International WELL Building Institute

14.15-15.30
Measuring the Value of Good Design for Well-being
A lot is written and said about designing for well-being and occupant comfort and productivity. However, how do you know if what you are designing will work? What is the value of pre- and post-occupancy evaluation? How can you apply science and measurement to something that is personal and ‘human’? How can you go about understanding whether the products you specify will maximise wellness?

• Chair: Oliver Heath, Oliver Heath Design
• The value of well-being and good design: Oliver Heath, Director, Oliver Heath Design
• Quantitative or Qualitative – which works best for pre- and post-occupancy evaluation?: Mindy Hadi, Principal Consultant, BRE
• Assessing artificial skylights and impacts on well-being and performance: Cosmin Ticleanu, Principal Consultant, Lighting, BRE

16.00-16.30
Embedding Acoustics into Design
No, you are not imagining it; the world is getting noisier. More machines, more people, more technology and increased travel is contributing to unprecedented global noise pollution. Despite the negative impact noise is having on our wellbeing, there is little guidance to support designers and specifiers in making informed specifications with consideration of acoustic performance and noise reduction. Discover the latest YouGov research commissioned by Geberit, as we unpick the causes of noise and the importance of embedding acoustics into design as well as outline the demand for clearer standards and regulations for acoustic performance and testing.

• Lynne Clapham-Carter, Specification Manager, Geberit

WEDNESDAY, 4 MARCH

10.45-12.00
Mace’s Commitment to Construction Worker Well-being
Collaboration is key in the management of well-being in the construction sector. In this session Dr Judith Grant, Director of Health and Wellbeing at Mace will share their strategic approach to health and well-being across the global construction and consultancy organisation and how they are using data to understand risks and measure impact. The work to track and implement effective well-being solutions has led to positive collaboration in the construction sector. Three case studies will be shared in this session. Greenwich Peninsula, one of the Mace Construction sites, acted on the well-being data and we will share how they use the work environment to enhance well-being. Dornan Engineering and GKR Scaffolding both took part in Mace’s collaborative Well-being Survey in July 2019 and with the data, and their own company insights, have developed organisational approaches to well-being which both will share in this session.

• Dr Judith Grant, Director of Health and Wellbeing, Mace Group
• Helen Gawor, Business Strategy Director, GKR Scaffolding
• Magdalena Widawska, Health & Wellbeing Advisor, Dornan Engineering Services

12.30-13.15
Keynote: Cees van der Spek, Public Affairs & Global Corporate Relations Director, EDGE Technologies
In this keynote session, Cees van der Spek will explore EDGE Technologies’ innovative approach to health, sustainability, circularity and technology. Cees will highlight the EDGE Olympic building to demonstrate the impact of well-being in office spaces, and how to achieve BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Certified Platinum office buildings. The success of EDGE Olympic is also defined by the redevelopment, circularity and energy management of the building – all of which help promote the health and well-being of the people inside.

14.15-15.30
Promoting Health and Well-being Through Workplace Design
The Crown Estate develops and provides workplaces across central London, from HQ offices occupying some of the biggest spaces in the West End, to boutique offices and co-working spaces. As part of its commitment to offering the best workplaces, The Crown Estate has embraced the WELL Building Standard. It was named Europe’s first WELL Certified Platinum workplace with its office at St James’s Market, achieved the first WELL Shell & Core Certified new building with The Marq and has now worked to create London’s first WELL Certified co-working space at One Heddon Street, where it worked with architects Barr Gazetas. Jane Wakiwaka will explain how WELL has supported The Crown Estate in delivering its vision for the future of work in central London, and share insights from across the company’s projects. Jon Eaglesham will then explore how the ambition to achieve WELL Certification informed its design of One Heddon Street and share his passion for a long-awaited acknowledgement that the people inside buildings and their health matter.

• Jane Wakiwaka, Head of Sustainability, The Crown Estate
• Jon Eaglesham, Managing Director, Barr Gazetas

16.00- 17.15
WELL Portfolio: Health and Well-being at Scale
WELL Portfolio is a comprehensive programme that enables organisations to implement, scale, celebrate and assess proven wellness strategies that support the health and productivity of their people and benefit their business in accordance with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
During this session, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) will share how early WELL Portfolio participants in Europe can leverage the programme and highlight their perspectives and goals to maximise health and well-being at scale, and explain how new participants use their WELL Portfolio Score and metrics to demonstrate their progress to key stakeholders, investors, and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and CSR reporting systems. IWBI is joined by ARP Astrance, a consulting firm in sustainable real estate and space planning, providing their first-hand experience and perspective working on WELL Portfolio for Renault in France.

• Mona Holtkoetter, Manager, International WELL Building Institute
• Eleftherios Zacharakis, Associate, International WELL Building Institute
• Chloé Vernandat, Project Manager, ARP Astrance
• Arnaud Ferrand, Director, ARP Astrance
• Kate Burnett, Strategic Marketing Manager, WELL AP, Milliken

THURSDAY, 5 MARCH

10.15- 10.45
Keynote: Julia Jones, CEO, Sound Health
5 Music Ways To Well-being: The Value of Building Music into Health Strategies
The World Health Organisation recently recognised the significant role that music can play in well-being. This presentation by author of ‘The Music Diet’, Dr Julia Jones (aka "Dr Rock’), will explore the science, examine the effects of music on the mind and body, and show how this well-being value of music can be harnessed in workplaces, public spaces and homes.

11.00-11.30
Keynote: Dr Ken van Someren, Director of Performance, Boost Cognition and past Performance Coach, Team GB
Better Buildings, Bodies and Brains
Today’s workplaces are more than just a place to work; they must enable workers to perform at their very best to deliver business results.
Unfortunately, many workplace transformation and employee well-being initiatives fail to make real impact and deliver a measurable return on investment. We lack meaningful productivity metrics for today’s knowledge workers and have only limited understanding of what underpins performance in the workplace.
Taking insights from the world of elite sport, arguably the ultimate arena for high performance, this session reveals novel approaches to measure and model performance in the workplace. Cognitive function, or brain power, underpins performance in both sport and the workplace. Cognitive abilities such as focus, flexibility, problem-solving and agility underpin decision-making and creativity.
This session explores the link between workplace environment, employee well-being and brain power. It illustrates how we can objectively measure employee performance to inform workplace and well-being initiatives to create better buildings, bodies and brains.

11.45-12.15
VSimulators: Human-centred Design for the Next Generation of Sustainable Buildings
This session will discuss how we might consider putting human experience at the heart of the design of buildings. The aim is to understand some of the drivers of sustainable future design and consider some of the unintended consequences on the people inthese buildings, from the point of view of well-being, health, comfort and productivity. We will discuss how the state-of-the-art VSimulators facility might help us investigate the issues involved.

• Dr Antony Darby, Head of Civil Engineering, University of Bath
• Dr Ian Walker, Associate Dean for Research, Dept of Psychology, University of Bath

12.30-13.45
Sleep Architecture - Designing the Ideal Environment for a Good Night’s Rest
Speakers will present a synopsis of key factors in the built environment that influence the quality of sleep we experience. They’ll discuss topics ranging from the latest sleep science and technology to environmental wellness, meditation and ancient time tested feng shui layout principles. The session will include audience participation exercises that you can then apply in the evening to experience a better night’s sleep!

• Sarah McAllister, Director, Feng Shui Agency
• Stephen Marks, Founder, Mind Body Building

14.15-15.30
Health and Well-being at Cundall
Cundall’s London office at One Carter Lane draws on biophilia, purified air and water, communal spaces with access to daylight, and the engineering firm’s willingness to dedicate itself wholeheartedly to a challenge to create a healthy space that sustains staff and visitors alike. Cundall’s culture of learning led them to try new designs and arrangements throughout their journey to become Europe’s first WELL Certified office, which drove outcomes including a drop in staff turnover and lower absenteeism. Join Cundall to hear about lessons learned as it undergoes recertification in London and focuses on health in other key projects in Birmingham and Qatar.

• Kavita Kumari, Associate, Cundall