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The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the world’s leading certification body for healthy buildings, has launched the WELL Health-Safety Rating for Hotels, an evidence-based, third-party verified rating focusing on operational policies, design strategies, and cleaning procedures
The WELL Health-Safety Rating is designed to provide the necessary guidance and third-party verification to help owners and operators adapt considerations for staff and customer health and well-being at sports and entertainment venues in a post COVID-19 pandemic world.
Leveraging guidance on the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), leading academic and research institutions, insights drawn from the IWBI COVID-19 Task Force, and core principles already established by the IWBI’s WELL Building Standard™, the WELL Health-Safety Rating will provide a centralized source and governing body to validate efforts made by owners and operators and brands.
In March the IWBI established the COVID-19 Task Force, a group of over 500 public health experts, virologists, government officials, academics, business leaders, architects, designers, building scientists and real estate professionals. The COVID-19 Task Force was established at the outset of the pandemic to develop guidelines on prevention and preparedness, resilience and recovery in response to pathogen transmission concerns. Members of the task force include 17th Surgeon General of the United States Richard Carmona, UCLA’s Dr. Jonathan Fielding, and Harvard School of Public Health’s Joseph Allen DSc, and many other experts.
John Braley, Vice President
john.braley@delos.com
860 Washington Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10014
The WELL Health-Safety Rating is designed to provide the necessary guidance and third-party verification to help owners and operators adapt considerations for staff and customer health and well-being at sports and entertainment venues in a post COVID-19 pandemic world.
Leveraging guidance on the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory infections developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), leading academic and research institutions, insights drawn from the IWBI COVID-19 Task Force, and core principles already established by the IWBI’s WELL Building Standard™, the WELL Health-Safety Rating will provide a centralized source and governing body to validate efforts made by owners and operators and brands.
In March the IWBI established the COVID-19 Task Force, a group of over 500 public health experts, virologists, government officials, academics, business leaders, architects, designers, building scientists and real estate professionals. The COVID-19 Task Force was established at the outset of the pandemic to develop guidelines on prevention and preparedness, resilience and recovery in response to pathogen transmission concerns. Members of the task force include 17th Surgeon General of the United States Richard Carmona, UCLA’s Dr. Jonathan Fielding, and Harvard School of Public Health’s Joseph Allen DSc, and many other experts.
John Braley, Vice President
john.braley@delos.com
860 Washington Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10014
