WELL Movement

TG 10 Wellbeing in Buildings, A BSRIA topic guide, written by Sorcha Redmond and published in January 20205 states:

The WELL Building Standard was developed by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI a California-registered public benefit corporation) in 2013 and is now a globally recognised standard. It overarchingly aims to create environments that support the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of their occupants.

The WELL Movement concept promotes daily physical activity through environmental design, policies, and programmes to ensure that movement opportunities are central to culture, buildings, and communities.

Context

• All movement matters for health, and physical activity can be accumulated throughout the day in a variety of ways. As modern life has become increasingly sedentary, opportunities for movement must be maximised.
• It is critical that buildings, communities, and sociocultural environments consider movement as a vital part of the human condition and as a key promoter of health.
• As many developed and developing nations have moved towards being service economies, a lack of conscious design, policy and interventions have led to a reduction in physical activity.

--BSRIA

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