Build for Better Acoustics

Those familiar with the triple-bottom-line model of sustainability—it is good for the planet, people and profit—understand that safeguarding the health, morale, and productivity of occupants always increases the value of the built space. It’s one of the clearest ways the bottom lines of people and profit are connected.

There is even a new voluntary standard that launched last year and offers close parallels to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certifications and the Living Building Challenge: the WELL Building Standard. Already more than two dozen projects globally have earned a WELL designation or are tracking for certification, the majority of them in North America.