WELL Building Standard
WELL certification is periodic. Air and thermal evidence needs to stay continuous.
The WELL Building Standard is a performance-based rating for health and well-being in buildings, owned by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). Performance verification and ongoing reporting are cycle-based. Between cycles, air, thermal and related monitoring evidence still needs a continuous read from the sensors and BMS you already run. FrostLogic Explore keeps that operational evidence measurable. It does not certify a building, replace a WELL AP or Performance Testing Agent, or act for IWBI.
The rating system
What is the WELL Building Standard?
WELL v2 is the current rating system. It covers ten concepts: Air, Water, Nourishment, Light, Movement, Thermal Comfort, Sound, Materials, Mind and Community. Projects earn Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum by meeting preconditions and enough optimization points. Official scheme detail lives at wellcertified.com.
Being WELL certified means a project has met the requirements for one of those levels under the current system. Explore is not IWBI software and is not a WELL-approved product. LEED is primarily about green building performance; WELL centres health and well-being. Nearby voluntary schemes include BREEAM. Overview: the compliance hub.
Air quality monitoring the standard asks for (A08)
WELL v2 feature A08 Air Quality Monitoring and Awareness asks projects to install indoor air monitors and keep awareness pathways alive. Part 1 covers permanently installed monitors and ongoing maintenance and calibration reporting after award. Part 2 promotes air quality awareness and depends on Part 1. Placement, density and device rules live in the WELL Performance Verification Guidebook, not on this page. Many estates already produce the raw signals from IAQ sensors and the BMS. Explore reads those existing points into one ranked evidence queue so the record stays usable between verification visits. See also BMS analytics for how continuous sensor reading works in practice.
Thermal comfort monitoring between WELL verification cycles (T06)
WELL v2 feature T06 Thermal Comfort Monitoring asks for continuous monitoring of the thermal environment. In practice that means dry-bulb temperature and relative humidity from permanently installed monitors. Placement density, intervals and device accuracy sit in the Performance Verification Guidebook; use that Guidebook and your Performance Testing Agent for those numbers. Occupant awareness (a display or digital access) is part of the feature. Explore keeps a continuous operational record from the meters and sensors you already have, so thermal drift shows up between cycles rather than only at the next verification.
Between cycles
What Explore does with WELL monitoring evidence between verifications
Deviation detection
Seven detector types score each meter and sensor deviation against the building's own history, so air or thermal drift shows up promptly, not only at the next WELL verification visit.
Continuous air and thermal records
Existing IAQ and thermal points stay in one feed. Operators keep a continuous record that supports A08 and T06 awareness work without inventing a second monitoring stack.
Evidence ready for the next pack
The same engine that holds BREEAM, LEED and Nordic Swan evidence also keeps a timestamped trail against monitoring features, so the next verification starts from live data rather than a last-minute scrape.
Before you ask
WELL Building Standard FAQ
The WELL Building Standard is IWBI's performance-based rating for health and well-being in buildings and spaces. The current system is WELL v2, with ten concepts and certification levels from Bronze to Platinum. Official detail is on wellcertified.com.
WELL certified means a project has achieved Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum under the applicable WELL rating system after meeting preconditions and enough points. Certification and Performance Verification sit with IWBI processes and authorized agents, not with FrostLogic Explore.
Start with A08 Air Quality Monitoring and Awareness (indoor monitors and awareness pathways) and T06 Thermal Comfort Monitoring (continuous thermal environment monitoring, typically dry-bulb temperature and relative humidity). Placement density and device rules are in the Performance Verification Guidebook. Other features may use continuous monitors for performance thresholds; check the live Feature Library.
No. Explore does not replace a WELL AP, a WELL Performance Testing Agent, or IWBI review. It helps operators keep continuous monitoring evidence from existing sensors and BMS points between verification cycles.
Verification and ongoing reporting are periodic. Air quality and thermal conditions drift between visits. Continuous reads from existing meters and sensors keep a measurable trail so operators can act before the next pack is due.
No. FrostLogic Explore is not WELL-approved, not a WELL-certified product, and not an IWBI partner. It is an evidence tool that reads existing building data. Certification remains with IWBI and authorized agents.
Bring the monitoring points from your WELL project.
We will show how Explore keeps air and thermal evidence measurable between verification cycles, using a slice of your own data.