International WELL Building Institute - IWBI

06/08/2026

Together with the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) and IFMA, we are proud to honor ARPA-H with a Leadership in Innovation Award recognizing the agency’s pioneering efforts to bridge innovation, public health and the built environment through breakthrough research and development in healthy indoor air.

We applaud the groundbreaking work of ARPA-H through its BREATHE and PRO-MICROBE programs — two bold R&D initiatives helping to revolutionize how indoor environments are understood, monitored and optimized to protect and enhance human health.

Join us in celebrating their work to accelerate innovations that can help prevent illness, improve well-being and enhance longevity.

Read our press release: https://resources.wellcertified.com/press-releases/arpa-h-honored-for-driving-breakthrough-innovation-in-healthy-indoor-air/

Read our own Jason Hartke's reflections from the day: https://resources.wellcertified.com/articles/reflections-from-arpa-h-s-healthy-buildings-demo-day/

06/03/2026

Can data centers be built in sustainable ways that don't overwhelm electrical infrastructure? Can they operate sustainably, even contributing power to our existing grids?

Join us on June 11 at 10 a.m. ET for a webcast that will explore these questions and more. With Anthony Paul Seiler and Beth Rattner, both leading thought leaders on sustainability strategies in the data center sector, we will dive into the environmental challenges and potential solutions shaping the evolution of the AI landscape.

Register now: https://ow.ly/CVMi50Z7hnE

06/02/2026

Join us next week as we gather to discuss how to create healthier, happier spaces from the ground up.

We're co-hosting a roundtable with Milliken and Ecomedes, bringing together designers, manufacturers and industry leaders for a conversation exploring how materials transparency, and embodied carbon are shaping healthier building strategies.

Explore how the WELL directory and Works with WELL products and services can transform how you design and specify across your projects. Will you join us on June 8?

Register today: https://ow.ly/pr3W50Z6KWs

Milliken & Company

05/29/2026

Together with Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd., we were pleased to announce new findings from a Panasonic EW-led study at our Summit in Tokyo. The findings indicate that workplaces significantly outperform non-certified spaces—delivering substantial gains in employee well-being, engagement and workplace experience—and underscoring the powerful connection between healthy building strategies, human performance and organizational resilience.

Drawing on more than 4,200 occupant surveys across 41 office projects in Japan, the study provides one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of how health-focused buildings translate into measurable outcomes.

Read more: https://ow.ly/IWxp50Z5Fhf

05/29/2026

: Developed by Pecan Development and designed by Tchoban Voss Architekten, Dockyard completes the waterfront development at Berlin’s historic Osthafen and sets new benchmarks for sustainable and future-oriented workplaces.

With climate- and resource-conscious hybrid timber construction, the project combines high-quality workplace environments with an innovative energy concept. The Dockyard office complex operates on a net-zero basis, featuring one of Germany’s largest ice-storage systems and renewable energy sources including geothermal energy, solar power and ambient air.

The building's WELL Platinum Certification reinforces Dockyard’s strong focus on health, comfort and user experience—from natural light and indoor environmental quality to flexible workspaces, rooftop terraces and amenities designed for modern ways of working.

Congratulations to all those who worked on this incredible project.

05/28/2026

The community has made great progress over the past decade to shape how place can enhance health, prioritize well-being and improve organizational performance. The conversation at a recent Congressional briefing was designed to dig even deeper into an important priority: positioning buildings as frontline assets for protecting health and strengthening our preparedness in the face of growing and increasingly complex threats.

Read more from our own Jason Hartke: https://resources.wellcertified.com/articles/congressional-briefing-reframes-buildings-as-critical-infrastructure-for-america-s-biosecurity-strategy/

Thank you to fellow participants:
Dr. Rafid Fadul, Chief Medical Officer, ARPA-H
Brendan Owens, Chief Sustainability Officer at HKS
Dr. William Bahnfleth of Penn State University
Matt McKnight, CEO of Perimeter
Erik Malmstrom, CEO of SafeTraces
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Thomas Bostick, former Chief of Engineers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and now head of Bostick Strategy Group

At a Capitol Hill briefing this week, leading experts make the case for buildings as the frontline defense for national preparedness and biosecurity

05/28/2026

Join our President and CEO Rachel Hodgdon and Head of Design Andre Poremski for a One WELL User Experience Deep Dive on Wednesday, June 10 at 12 p.m. ET.

This session offers a first look at the streamlined One WELL digital platform, showcasing how a unified library and new navigation tools help you track incremental progress and compare version changes with ease.

We’ll review the evolution of the digital standard and explore how these updates will enhance long-term project planning and achievement tracking across all programs.

This is your chance to ask our leaders directly how the One WELL experience will streamline how you work and enhance every win along your well-being journey. Don't miss it!

👉 Register now: https://ow.ly/Zbtp50Z58rH

05/27/2026

The future of sustainable finance in Asia will not be defined by carbon alone. At our Social Sustainability Summit in Singapore, the conversation moved beyond emissions to a critical question: How do we enable a transition to a lower-carbon economy, while ensuring workers, communities and industries are not left behind?

In a powerful fireside chat, Abigail Ng, Chief Sustainability Officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and Giovanni Cossu, Head of Sustainability at CapitaLand Development, explored how social resilience and inclusive growth must be the bedrock of Asia’s energy transition.

Read the full article: https://resources.wellcertified.com/articles/beyond-carbon-why-asia-s-energy-transition-must-also-be-a-just-transition/

05/27/2026

Did you know indoor air can often be more polluted than the air outside? From mold to VOCs to allergens, your home's air quality matters more than you think.

Tune in as our Chief Engineer Nathan Stodola chats with experts Cristina Greenfield of Conscious Healthy Home and Melissa Wrolstad of Ecoworks Studio for actionable tips on creating a healthier home environment.

Join the WELL Forum Live this Thursday, May 28 at 12 p.m. ET: https://ow.ly/rY6x50Z4KmT

05/27/2026

Last week, our EMEA team spent a few days collaborating, engaging and connecting with the WELL community in Lisbon. 🇵🇹

Some of the powerful takeaways from the regional summit and roundtable included:
🏢 Healthy buildings are moving from "nice to have" to "need to have." Are you adapting to meet the standard of excellence?

👥 From academics to politicians, interior designers to architects, sustainability officers to CEOs: We all have a role to play in advancing policies, programs and buildings that support health.

📸 And finally, our WELL community is both astounding and inspiring. See for yourself with some photos from our time in Portugal!