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Review of health and well-being aspects in Green Certification Protocols

Berquand, Cécile  
2022
CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress Proceedings
CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress

Over the past decades, the world-leading Green Certification Protocols have been paid increasing attention to health-related aspects of buildings. However, the way and the extent to which green certifications currently account for these aspects vary largely. This paper aims to review and compare four certification protocols, namely LEED v4, BREEAM 2018, WELL v2, and MINERGIE-ECO v1.4, and to provide insights on how aspects related to occupants’ health and well-being and their influencing factors are accounted for and assessed. To that scope, indicators used to assess the users' health and well-being are extracted from each certification and compared. Indicators traditionally used to evaluate IEQ in buildings (thermal, indoor air quality, visual and acoustic) based on international or national standards were found in all certifications. However, the analysis highlights that their assessment and verification stage (e.g., pre- vs. postoccupancy) significantly differs from one label to another. More “advanced” indicators, which are related to mind, promotion of physical activities, and community engagement, have come to light. While a comprehensive approach to the evaluation of well-being might include a combination of objective (e.g., measurement-based evaluations) and subjective components (e.g., people’s subjective evaluation), the review highlighted that only in one protocol (i.e., WELL), direct feedback from occupants is kept in the loop for further optimization of the building management during operation. Otherwise, indicators are mainly verified through quantitative measurements, reports, or implemented policies. CLIMA 2022 conference, 2022: CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress

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conference paper
DOI
10.34641/clima.2022.322
Author(s)
Berquand, Cécile  
Date Issued

2022

Publisher

TU Delft

Published in
CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress Proceedings
Total of pages

8

Subjects

Indoor Environment

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Green Certification

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Health

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Well-being

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
CLIMA 2022 The 14th REHVA HVAC World Congress

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

May 22-25, 2022

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March 12, 2023
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/195680
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