Projects that have satisfied the requirements of WELL and have accepted the WELL report are officially designated as WELL Certified projects. IWBI encourages project teams to promote their achievement through a variety of means and provides a suite of resources to support WELL Certified projects, including:

• Complimentary WELL Certification certificates that may be displayed on-site
• Access to the official WELL Certification graphics for use in marketing materials
• 10 complimentary printed certification certificates (also available digitally)
• Template press releases and other messaging resources
• Opportunities for amplification on social media

The WELL Certification plaque or other signage will indicate the level of certification and the year certified (or the year of recertification) and may only be displayed at the site of the WELL Certified project.

For more information, please view the WELL Branding Guidelines.

Annual Submissions

In order to maintain status as a WELL Certified project prior to recertification, project teams must adhere to reporting requirements. Certain features require projects to submit reports on the following:

• Results of post-occupancy surveys
• Proof of maintenance (e.g., logs of cleaning schedules and filter replacement)
• Ongoing monitoring of environmental parameters (e.g., air and water quality)

These features generally require submission to WELL Online on an annual basis. To remain in good standing, projects must submit the documents within 15 months of certification and then every 12 months thereafter (as applicable). Failure to provide these reports within the required timeframe may render a project ineligible for recertification and/or result in additional requirements and fees assessed at recertification. For details on reporting requirements, refer to the relevant WELL features.

Scoring

The WELL Community Standard has three levels of certification, each with a minimum point threshold:

• Silver: a minimum of 50 points
• Gold: a minimum of 60 points
• Platinum: a minimum of 80 points

Preconditions do not contribute points since they are required to achieve any level of certification. Projects accumulate points through achieving optimizations, which are worth 1 point each. Thus, all optimizations in total are worth 100 points.

Projects may also earn up to 10 points for Innovation. Finally, projects with buildings certified by healthy or green rating systems may earn up to 30 points.

In addition to reaching the necessary number of points, projects must achieve at least one optimization in each concept. 

WELL Community Standard: Community seals

Example project scores

WELL Certified communities require 50 points for Silver, 60 points for Gold and 80 points for Platinum. This example project has achieved Gold through a combination of optimizations, innovations and certified buildings.