Does IWBI recognize “WELL-ready” status for a building that has not gone through the official certification process?

We get a lot of questions like, “Why certify?” When it comes to overcoming performance gaps and moving beyond intention toward demonstrated performance, we believe that onsite performance verification and third-party certification is the best way to ensure that a building performs the way it was intended. What’s unique and valuable about WELL Certified spaces is that they’re independently tested to ensure that the buildings are performing as designed, and that they’re actually delivering in practice the best possible health benefits to the people using them every day. You can’t monitor and improve what you don’t measure.

Wellness initiatives are a great first step. But until you commit to the path to earn this highly rigorous achievement, IWBI does not recognize “WELL-ready” and “WELL-enabled” as official designations, and use of these terms is not permitted.

For a building owner wishing to demonstrate they have implemented and verified performance for health, to the benefit of all future tenants, WELL Core Certification is the route we offer. View additional details here, including the benefits, discounts and other efficiencies passed along to tenants within WELL Core Certified and WELL Core & Shell Certified buildings.

For a project wishing to add an earlier, interim and official IWBI designation to communicate their project’s progress toward WELL Certification after certain initial requirements are met, we offer WELL Precertification as an interim designation. WELL Precertification can only be used while a project is actively pursuing WELL Certification, and cannot be used by a project that fails to achieve WELL Certification.

For a project owner wishing to show alignment with IWBI and its mission, we welcome you to review IWBI membership options. For companies looking to demonstrate that their product aligns to specific strategies in WELL, we invite you to consider the Works with WELL licensing program.

Additional guidance regarding use of “WELL-ready” and similar language is included in IWBI’s Marketing & PR Guidelines for WELL Projects.