Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the rating system of Green Building Rating System developed by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
The Green Building process of LEED integrates design, construction and operations of the project with a focus on energy efficiency, water efficiency, usage of recyclable and regional materials, improving indoor environmental quality and optimizing day light. Vinay Academy undertakes complete facilitation for pre-certification and certification from USGBC. Vinay Academy provides exhaustive consulting services addressing new buildings, renovated buildings, interior design, existing building’s operations and maintenance, neighborhood development and sustainable facilities.
It has 4 levels of certification, each level defined by the number of points earned on a scale of 100. The least level is termed certified scoring 40-49 points, progressing to silver scoring 50-59 points, gold scoring 60-79 points and platinum scoring above 80 points.
The WELL Building Standard® (WELL) is administered by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), a public benefit corporation whose mission is to improve human health and well-being through the built environment. IWBI was launched by Delos in 2013, following a Clinton Global Initiative commitment by Delos founder Paul Scalia to improve the way people live by developing spaces that enhance occupant health and quality of life by sharing WELL globally. It is the world’s first building standard focused exclusively on human health and wellness. It marries best practices in design and construction with evidence-based medical and scientific research – harnessing the built environment as a vehicle to support human health and wellbeing.
The WELL Building Standard sets performance requirements in seven categories relevant to occupant health in the built environment – Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Fitness, Comfort and Mind, and is rated at 3 levels: WELL Silver, WELL Gold and WELL Platinum
RESET™ Air is a standard for indoor air quality that integrates performance-based data with cloud technology to make real time environmental health data accessible to occupants of indoor spaces. RESET™’s mission is to regenerate global ecological, social and economic environments through improving human health, and to make occupant health a measurable deliverable for all buildings and spaces. We believe that access to environmental health data leads to greater awareness of the problems we face in our built environments, and subsequently higher engagement with finding solutions to modern air quality problems.
Real Time Data
RESET™ is the only building standard based on real time data gathered by monitors.
Human Health
The RESET™ Standard focuses on human health as the main target. We care about metrics that directly impact human health, such as indoor air quality.
Long Term Monitoring
To apply RESET™ Standard, building or spaces need to be monitored over a long term period to make sure environmental quality stays consistently high during the occupancy phase. The RESET™ Certification system is based on an annual recertification process that ensures this long term monitoring process.
Communication
RESET™ facilitates real time communication of indoor health data so that it can be accessed by all tenants. Not only can this build air quality awareness and social equity, but it can also lead to economic benefits including greater tenant retention and increased building valuation.
Fitwel is a commercial building rating system that provides guidelines on how to design and operate healthier buildings. As green building consultants, SIG is always tapping into the industry to get a feel for what is trending, and we have heard a lot of buzz about this new rating system for two main reasons:
Created as a joint initiative led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) together with the General Services Administration (GSA), Fitwel provides guidelines for designing, constructing, and operating healthier buildings. The Center for Active Design (CfAD) is the operator of Fitwel and responsible for the third-party verification of the certification.
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