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Make Your Buildings WELL: A New Design Standard for Health

A new building standard applies wellness research to increase the focus on health in homes, hotels, and commercial buildings.

by Paula Melton

When you think of “healthy buildings,” indoor air quality and toxic chemicals may be the first things that come to mind, but WELL will take a holistic view, incorporating several alternative-health concepts with the idea of promoting psychological and emotional well-being as well as physical health.

Published October 26, 2012

Melton, P. (2012, October 26). Make Your Buildings WELL: A New Design Standard for Health. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/news-analysis/make-your-buildings-well-new-design-standard-health

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