1st Edition
Building for Well-Being Exploring Health-Focused Rating Systems for Design and Construction Professionals
Chapter 1 Learning from Green Building
Chapter 2 Current State of Health
Chapter 3 Design and Health Considerations
Chapter 4 Why Guidelines?
Chapter 5 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®)
Chapter 6 The WELL® Building Standard
Chapter 7 The WELL® Community Standard
Chapter 8 Fitwel®
Chapter 9 Fitwel® Community and Commercial Sites (Beta Version)
Chapter 10 Comparisons
Chapter 11 Other Sources of Inspiration
Chapter 12 A Way Forward
Biography
Traci Rose Rider, PhD, is a LEED®- and WELL®-accredited architect and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at North Carolina State University’s College of Design. Her research focuses on the use of the built environment as a health intervention, particularly in under-resourced communities. She has been featured in Dwell magazine and Vanity Fair’s 2006 Green Issue and was granted the prestigious individual US Green Building Council Leadership Award in Education.
Margaret van Bakergem, MPH, PhD, is a Fitwel® Ambassador with early career and academic experiences of public health research from Washington University in St. Louis and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She completed her PhD at North Carolina State University in 2020 and is currently a Research and Data Strategist for PlayCore where she strives to use the power of data to translate research into meaningful and actionable strategies for the development of healthy and sustainable communities.
