WELL Certifications Embraced in 4 Billion Square Feet

August 5, 2022

WELL Certifications Embraced in 4 Billion Square Feet

Daniel A. Huard, LEED Fellow the Godfather of Sustainability and Principal of Humann Building Solutions and a member of the global WELL Faculty shares WELL Certifications Embraced in 4 Billion Square Feet! Lets consider that milestone again 4 Billion Square Feet of space. When we envision a big box store at 100,000 square feet we start to put this impact into perspective, now imagine 40,000 of these massive buildings then we start to get a view of the scale of this accomplishment. Now if we set a conservative valuation of this space we arrive at a valuation exceeding $1 Trillion US Dollars!

Humann Building Solutions Principal Huard goes on to share… I first became involved with the International WELL Building Institute’s (IWBI) efforts in the summer of 2013 and we had a launch of sorts during committee day at Greenbuild 2013 in Philadelphia when the IWBI founder Mr. Paul Scialla presented USGBC with a donation check for ongoing alignment of wellness research. Since the International Living Future’s spring 2014 unConference Huard has been engaged as and ambassador and steadfast advocate and supporter of IWBI and its programs sharing “The IWBI programs, standards and certifications are science based, fact validated with an approach in alignment with the best ethos of engineering and professional project management.”

Daniel A. Huard, LEED Fellow became one of the planet’s first WELL AP credential holders, became a member of WELL Faculty when his participation was requested by IWBI leadership, served on the IWBI ‘Task Force on COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Infections: Prevention and Preparedness, Resilience and Recovery’ and was a contributor to the WELL Health-Safety Rating.

The official IWBI Press Release dated August 3, 2022 can be found here: https://resources.wellcertified.com/press-releases/well-hits-new-milestone-tops-4-billion-square-feet-of-space

Humann Principal Daniel A. Huard the Godfather of Sustainability, of the planet’s few LEED Fellows and WELL Faculty members earned professional degrees in Mechanical Engineering, a Bachelors in Architecture, Masters of Architecture and Masters of Urban Planning. Huard additional holds more than a dozen Professional Accreditation recognitions and shares that he continues to rely on this diverse background to assist any complexities that his clients may face.

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