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Welcome to the future of WELL. Today we launch our spectacular new website and with it a new vision for WELL that is informed by each of you, our core users and advocates who have helped us advance the idea that our buildings and communities can be a powerful tool to enhance our health and well-being.

Understanding the WELL Building Standard The WELL Workshop helps building professionals and owners understand their role as public health practitioners. It also helps medical professionals understand the critical role that the built environment plays in the health and well-being of occupants. Attendees will learn how to harness the built environment as a vehicle to support human health, well-being, and comfort. The ideology, structure, and certification process of the WELL program are covered, as well as the health basis for key Features. Strategies for improving the nutrition, fitness, mood, sleep patterns, and performance of occupants through design and construction practices are explored and WELL case studies are highlighted. For those seeking to become WELL Accredited Professionals (WELL APs), this course will provide you with foundational knowledge that may be incorporated into your WELL Exam study plan. Learning Objectives:Identify the purpose, key components, and structure of the WELL Building Standard Discuss the health basis for the Concepts and Features of the WELL Building Standard Understand successful strategies for meeting the requirements of the WELL Features Learn about WELL resources and how to become a WELL Accredited Professional

"Buildingomics." This exciting research builds on separate research released last year, based on work done at SyracuseCoE's Total Indoor Environmental Quality (TIEQ) Lab, that found a 101% improvement in cognitive test scores for people that worked in optimized indoor environmental quality conditions often found in green buildings. Now, the research scientists go a step further with "Buildingomics"- a new approach that examines the totality of factors in the building-related environment that influence the human health, well-being and productivity of people who work in buildings.

The impact of working in a green certified building on cognitive function and health Highlights •26.4% higher cognitive test scores in high-performing, green certified buildings.•6.4% higher Sleep Quality scores in high-performing, green certified buildings.•30% fewer symptoms in high-performing, green certified buildings.•Thermal comfort and sleep quality associated with higher cognitive scores. “Buildingomics”: the totality of factors in buildings that influence health.

Fitwel is a unique, cost-effective, high-impact building certification that positively impacts building occupant health and productivity through improvements to workplace design and policies. The Fitwel Certification Fitwel has a vision for the future where every building is enhanced to support the wellbeing of its occupants, and surrounding communities. It is a unique building certification that positively impacts occupant health and productivity through an integrated approach to workplace design and operations. Fitwel’s development was led by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the General Services Administration (GSA). The Center for Active Design is the operator for Fitwel.

Your Homework for IoT Day April 9 Share your thoughts with the world on how IoT will help engage wellbeing, satisfaction, productivity in Buildings? http://www.iotday.org IoT day is an open invitation to the Internet of Things Community to participate in an event, host a hackathon, or just share a beer/coffee with a friend or fellow collaborator focused around the IoT and its implications. Anyone who follows Automatedbuildings.com understands our mission is to be the Catalysis / Harbinger of The IoT Future of Building Automation. This mashup of http://www.iotday.org and our mission provides you a platform to share your thoughts. Your homework is to respond to this post with your opinions and links to industry resources.

Comfy Changing the way people interact with their workplace With deep roots in advanced computing and thoughtful user experience, our Oakland-based team of nerds dreams up unconventional software solutions for everyone, from the people who operate the building to the people who fill it.We'll keep you up to speed on workplace comfort and productivity.

The Humanyze Digital Platform The Humanyze Digital Platform allows companies to leverage their internal digital communication to identify risks within their organization. The platform uses a combination of email, calendar, chat, and even location data to provide organizations with a full picture of their communication. Know if teams are under-communicating, visualize how they spend their time, and understand their communication preferences. As part of the Digital Platform, Humanyze offers fully automated extraction services to enable ease of deployment. Our extraction tool, DGGT (pronounced "dig it"), will allow your technical staff to configure and automate extractions for most major email, calendar, and chat platforms.

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