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Healthy Office by WELL Building Standard: Polish Examples

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The aim of the following article is a short presentation of rules of WELL Building Standard, which is a new building certification method. What differs it from the systems that are already in common use, is the fact, that it concerns mostly on human well-being and health. That is why the WELL Building Standard is designed to be a supplement of systems such as BREEAM or LEED and presumably may be the most popular in the future. Beside discussing general rules, author concentrate on presenting examples of building and interiors, that have been designed and built in Poland and already certified.

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