Feature 84 Health and Wellness Awareness

• Part 2: Health and Wellness Library
  • Physical or digital library
    • • 1 book or subscription / 20 people, 20 titles max

Feature 86 Post-Occupancy Surveys

• Threshold for applying feature: applies to buildings with 10 or more employees
• Survey 30% of occupants every year (minimum)

• Survey once / year (minimum), except for thermal comfort survey, which is given twice / year: during heating and cooling seasons

Feature 89 Adaptable Spaces

• Part 1:  Stimuli Management (quiet vs. collaboration spaces):
  • Threshold for applying feature: For spaces 2000 sq. ft. (186 sq. m.) or larger
• Part 2: Privacy (designated quiet/focus space)
  • Threshold for applying feature: For spaces 20,000 sq. ft. (1860 sq. m.) or larger
  • Minimum space needed: 75 sq. ft. (7 sq. m.) / person
  • Maximum space needed: 800 sq. ft. (74. sq. m), ~ providing for about 10 people
• Part 3: Space Management (storage)
  • Provide either 1 workstation cabinet or 1 locker (4 cu. ft.) / occupant
• Part 4: Workplace Sleep Support
  • Provide 1 piece of sleep furniture for:
    • 1st 30 occupants
    • Each additional 100 occupants thereafter

Feature 99 Beauty and Design II

• Part 1 Ceiling Height
  • Give wider rooms higher ceilings:
    • Room Width: < 30 ft. (9 m):  minimum ceiling height: 8.8 ft. (2.7 m)
    • Room Width: > 30 ft. (9 m):  minimum ceiling height: 9 ft. (2.75 m)
      • Each additional 10 ft. (3 m) room width, add 0.5 ft. (0.15 m) ceiling height
  • Rooms with full wall view of outdoors or atrium can have lower ceilings:
    • Room Width: 40 ft.: minimum ceiling height: 9 ft.
    • Each additional 15 ft. width, add 0.5 ft. height
• Part 2: Artwork
  • Incorporate artwork in:
    • Entrances and lobbies
    • Regularly occupied spaces > 300 sq. ft. (28 sq. m.)
• Part 3: Spatial Familiarity
  • Threshold for applying feature: For spaces 10,000 sq. ft. (929 sq. m.) or larger, create a wayfinding/orientation plan

Feature 100 Biophilia II – Quantitative

• Part 1 Outdoor Biophilia
  • 25% of the project area needs to be landscaped (can be a rooftop garden)
    • 70% of that landscaped area needs to be plantings, including trees
• Part 2 Indoor Biophilia
  • Floor plants and plant wall on each floor
  • Floor plant requirement:
    • Covers 1% of floor area
  • Plant wall, covering whichever is greater:
    • Area is either 2% of floor area
    • Largest available wall
• Part 3 Water Feature
  • Threshold for applying feature: Use water features in projects > 100,000 sq. ft. (9290 sq. m.)
  • Use 1 water feature / every 100,000 sq. ft. (9290 sq. m.)

Feature 73 Ergonomics: Visual and Physical

• All computer screens should be adjustable (height and distance)
• 30% of desks should be adjustable (height)
  • Alternative: desktop adjustable stands or pairs of sit and stand desks
• All seats should be adjustable (height and depth)

Feature 80 Sound Reducing Surfaces

• Part 1: Ceilings
  • Open offices:  minimum NRC = 0.9 for entire ceiling
  • Conference and teleconference rooms:  minimum NRC = 0.8 for 50% of ceiling
• Part 2: Walls:
  • For all walls and partitions, need to have minimum NRC = 0.8 for the following areas:
    • Open offices: 25% wall area
    • Private offices, conference and teleconference rooms: 25% wall area
    • Cubicles: Entire partition
      • Also, minimum partition height: 4 ft. (1.2 m)

Feature 82 Individual Thermal Comfort

• Thresholds for applying feature:
  1. Workspaces over 2150 sq. ft (200 sq. m.), need to:
     • Create a thermal gradient of at least 5 degrees F (3 degrees C)
     • 50% of workspaces are free address (occupants can chose where to work)
  2. More than 10 workstations in the same zone
     • Need to provide personal thermal comfort devices

Feature 83 Radiant Thermal Comfort

• Part 1: Lobbies and Other Common Public Spaces
  • Satisfy ASHRAE 55-2013 (Thermal Comfort standard) using a radiant (hydronic or electric) system
  • Applies to all lobbies and public spaces
• Part 2: Offices and Other Regularly Occupied Spaces
  • Satisfy ASHRAE 55-2013 (Thermal Comfort standard) using a radiant (hydronic or electric) system
  • Applies to 50% of offices and regularly-occupied spaces

Feature 68 Physical Activity Space

• Threshold for applying feature: Only applies if: organization has more than 10 employees
• Provide exercise space on site:
  • Minimum size:
    • 200 sq. ft. (18.6 sq. m.)
    • Plus 1 sq. ft. (0.1 sq. m.) additional per occupant
  • Maximum size:
    • 4000 sq. ft. (370 sq. m.)

Feature 69 Active Transportation Support

• Bike storage requirement: Provide for:
  • 5% of regular occupants:
  • 2.5% of peak visitors
• Showers:
  • One for 1st 100 occupants
  • One per each 150 additional occupants
• Lockers:
  • One per every 5 occupants (1/5 of the occupants)
  • Or: show that provided lockers exceed demand by 20%

Feature 70 Fitness Equipment

• Provide enough cardiorespiratory and muscle-strengthening equipment for 1% of occupants.

Feature 71 Active Furnishings

• Active workstations:
  • For 3% of employees
• Standing desks:
  • For 60% of employees

Feature 53 Visual Lighting Design

• Maximum Size of Ambient Lighting Zone:  Whichever is larger:
  • 500 sq. ft. (46.5 sq. m.)
  • 20 % of the space

Feature 54 Circadian Lighting Design

• If light models/calcs are used, need to provide:
  • Measured in vertical plane, 4 ft. high (seated gaze height)
  • 250 EML (Equivalent Melanopic Lux) minimum
  • 4 hours / day, minimum, every day
  • At 75% of workstations

• Feature 54 Circadian Lighting Design, Table L1 Melanopic Ratio

  • Equivalent Melanopic Lux (EML) = Visual Lux (L) x Melanopic Ratio (R)

Feature 59 Surface Design

• Minimum areas of interior surfaces required to have minimum Light Reflectance Values:
  • Ceilings: Min. 80 % area: Min. LRV = 0.8 (80%)
  • Walls: Min. 50% area: Min. LRV = 0.7 (70%)
  • Furnture: Min. 50% area: Min LRV 0.5 (50%)

Feature 61 Right to Light

• Guidelines for regularly occupied spaces and seats:
  • Spaces: 75% (by area) needs to be within 25 ft. (7.5 m) of a view window
  • Seats:
    • 75% need to be within 25 ft. (7.5 m) of a view window or atrium
    • 95% need to be within 41 ft (12.5 m) or a view window or atrium

Feature 62 Daylight Modeling

• Minimums:
  • At least 55% of regularly occupied spaces
  • Receive at least 300 lux (28 fc)
  • For at least 50% of the year (business hours)
• Maximums:
  • No more than 10% of regularly occupied spaces
  • Receive not more than 1000 lux (93 fc)
  • For more than 250 hours / year

Feature 63 Daylighting Fenestration

• 3 guidelines for window size, shading and placement:
  1. Size:  20% – 60% of exterior wall area should be glazed.
  2. Shading:  If window area is > 40%: prevent glare and heat gain with exterior shading or electrochromic glass.
  3. Daylight effectiveness:  40% to 60% of the window area should be above 7 ft (2.1 m)

Feature 38 Fruits and Vegetables

• Part 1 Fruit and Vegetable Variety
  • Food on site should satisfy either:
    • 2 types of fruits + 2 types of non-fried vegetables
    • 50% of offerings should be fruits or non-fried vegetables

Feature 39 Processed Foods

• Limits on sugar in food offered on site:
  • Beverages:
    • Max. sugar content per item: 30 g / container
    • 50% of the items must have < 15g / 8 ounce serving
  • Non-beverage foods: Max. sugar content per item: 30 g / serving

Feature 47 Serving Sizes

• For at least 1/2 of the entrees, offer a smaller, cheaper option that is < 650 calories

Feature 50 Food Storage

• Cold storage: Provide:
  • 20 L (0.7 cubic feet) / person
  • Max. storage required: 7000 L (247 cubic feet)

Feature 51 Food Production

• Provide planting space (locate within 1/2 mile (or 0.8 km) of project boundary)
  • 1 sq. ft. (0.1 sq. m.) / person
  • Max. required: 754 sq. ft. (70 sq. m.) total

Feature 52 Mindful Eating

• Part 1 Eating Spaces (dedicated):
  • Tables and Chairs required: enough for 25% of employees
  • Locate within 200 ft (60m) or 90% of employees

Feature 37 Drinking Water Promotion

• Part 2: Drinking Water Access
  • In regularly occupied spaces, place water fountains:
    • At least one per floor

    • At least one within 100 ft. (30 m) of all regularly occupied areas.

Feature 03 Ventilation Effectiveness

• Part 2: Demand Controlled Ventilation
  • Threshold for applying feature: Use for spaces that are both:
    • Larger: > 500 sq. ft. (46.5 sq. m.)
    • Denser: > 25 people / 1000 sq. ft. (93 sq. m.)

  • Keep CO2 levels below 800 ppm.

Feature 13 Air Flush

• Part 1: Air Flush
  • 2 Options:
    • 1-flush routine:
      • Before occupancy: Flush with 14,000 cu. ft. of air / sq. ft. (4500 m3 of air per m2)
    • 2-flush routine:
      • Before occupancy: Flush with 3500 cu. ft. of air / sq. ft. (1066 m3 of air per m2)
      • After occupancy: Flush with 10,500 cu. ft. of air / sq. ft. (3200 m3 of air per m2)
        • Post-occupancy: Also need to provide fresh air: constant 0.3 CFM of air / sq. ft. (0.1 m3 / minute)

Feature 18 Air Quality Monitoring and Feedback

• Part 3: Environmental Measures Display
  • Realtime displays (1 display / 10,000 sq. ft. (930 m3) for occupants, measuring:
    • Temperature
    • Humidity
    • Carbon dioxide

Feature 23 Advanced Air Purification

• Part 2: Air Sanitation:
  • Threshold for applying feature:  Space has more than 10 regular occupants
  • Treat re-circulated air with either:
    • Ultraviolet radiation
    • Photocatalytic oxidation

Feature 26 Enhanced Material Safety

• Part 1: Precautionary Materials Selection
  • Meet materials standards for one (or more) of the following standards:
    • Living Building Challenge Materials Petal (all imperatives)
    • 25% of products by cost (including furniture and finishes) meet either of these standards (or a combination of these):
      • Cradle-to-Cradle Material Health Certification
      • GreenScreen