Wellness Real-Estate
Did you know we spend 90% of our lives indoors?
First we develop the building, then the building develops us.
Like it or not, humans have become an indoor species. By the time we reach 80, we will have spent 72 years of our lives inside!
That means our health (and happiness) is dependent on those who construct and manage indoor spaces.
Health is material to the bottom line.
Delos and its subsidiary the International Well Building Institute have identified over 100 solutions for improving occupant health through the built environment.
From design and operations to employee/guest programs, each WELL feature is science-backed and evidence-based. No wellness-washing here.
👉 80% of WELL is aligned with UN Sustainability Goals (16 of 17)
👉 WELL is aligned with GRESB (for ESG reporting)
As an accredited WELL consultant “WELL AP”, KANYINI benchmarks your asset against The WELL Building Standard.
BENEFITS
Gradual improvements increase occupants and employees mental wellbeing, physical activity, and workplace productivity leading to talent retention, community safety and belonging. We can also take your building all the way to certification.
DARWIN smart-home technology by Delos
You don’t have to be a “wellness brand” to benefit.
✓ Sustainable investing is moving mainstream.
✓ Health is recognized as an important component of sustainable investing frameworks like ESG.
✓ Each and every one of us is affected by the spaces where we work, live, learn, and play.
Healthy Buildings
WELL Accredited Professionals support developers and tenants to incorporate healthy building features from the design and construction phase through operations.
WELL makes healthy foods the easy choice and encourages a better food culture through nutritional transparency, ethical sourcing practices, and accommodation to special diets.
WELL provides illumination and lighting design guidelines to minimize disruption to the body's circadian system, to support good sleep quality, to enhance productivity, and to provide appropriate visual acuity where needed.
![WELL supports cognitive and emotional health by increasing access to the outdoors both with indoor plants, earth-based materials, and outdoor seating. [img source: Proper Hotels Santa Monica]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053b1d1be968d30c398a7d3/06d72cd0-b57c-4c57-9378-5813fca3754c/Santa+Monica+Proper.jpeg)
WELL supports cognitive and emotional health by increasing access to the outdoors both with indoor plants, earth-based materials, and outdoor seating. [img source: Proper Hotels Santa Monica]
WELL promotes strategies to reduce or minimize sources of indoor air pollution and irritants through advanced purification, toxic material reduction, and strict building policies.
WELL encourages architectural layouts that promote daily movement, physical activity, and spontaneity.
WELL incentivizes altruistic sentiments and behaviors to foster community engagement, and social support. Research demonstrates beneficial health and wellness outcomes associated with acts of volunteering, generosity, and charity.
WELL prioritizes access to high quality water through regular water testing, filtration that removes common contaminants, innovative treatments, and by promoting hydration.
WELL promotes fitness and physical activity through incentive programs, gym partnerships, and fun active furnishings such as bike desks.
WELL optimizes the indoor environment for thermal comfort and improves individual control to provide productive and happy people.
WELL ensures comfortable sound levels by limiting reverberation times, using sound-reducing surfaces and sound barriers, and sound masking systems. Managing acoustics removes distractions and promotes focus.
WELL nurtures the innate human-nature connection using biophilic planning such as designing spaces with outdoor views and bringing plants and moving water features indoors. Interaction with living things boosts positive moods and also speeds up healing and recovery time.
![WELL enriches true collaboration through integrative design processes, adaptable furniture, and communal spaces. [img source: Xenia Hotels office, Orland]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6053b1d1be968d30c398a7d3/ca815777-e422-4eeb-a0a9-f430e25f7ad9/xenia_hotels_offices_orlando_gensler_6.jpeg)
WELL enriches true collaboration through integrative design processes, adaptable furniture, and communal spaces. [img source: Xenia Hotels office, Orland]
Tell Your Story
Advancing health is a group effort so let’s rally the troupes—AKA your stakeholders—and engage with them as the allies they are.
