in efforts of reopening businesses & buildings due to covid-19…

We’re here to help you open safely. Knowing that your customers, family, occupants, staff, students all have a clean, healthy and safe building environment. At Grooted, our background is WELL. We are WELL APs here to support you through this process. We take great love in working with IWBI’s COVID-19 Taskforce back in April 2020, along with implementing the WELL Health-Safety Seal which launched June 2020. Please see below for more information.

JUNE 2020

IWBI’s WELL Health Safety Rating

An evidence-based, third-party verified rating for all new and existing building and facility types focusing on operational policies, maintenance protocols, occupant engagement and emergency plans.

The WELL Health-Safety Rating focuses on six main health-safety themes, including:

• Cleaning and Sanitization Procedures

• Emergency Preparedness Programs

• Health Service Resources

• Air & Water Quality Management

• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication

• Innovation

Links to the press releases.

PRESS RELEASE Jan 25, 2021 “Look for the WELL Health-Safety Seal” Public Awareness Campaign Launches, Featuring Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Michael B. Jordan, Robert DeNiro, Venus Williams, Wolfgang Puck, Deepak Chopra and 17th U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona” Directed by Spike Lee, the Star-studded Campaign Will Drive Awareness of Practices to Promote Healthier and Safer Indoor Spaces Through the WELL Health-Safety Rating

PRESS RELEASE Jul 8, 2020 Empire State Building, Yankee Stadium, Carrier, Uber, Adventist Health, CBRE, JLL, Lendlease, The Related Group, Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Oak View Group, Kilroy, Taipei 101 among iconic buildings and leading organizations that have enrolled to achieve the WELL Health-Safety Rating, designed to help buildings and spaces confidently reopen in a post COVID-19 environment

PRESS RELEASE Jun 11, 2020 World’s leading certification body for healthy buildings establishes WELL Advisory of industry leaders and health experts to finalize application of WELL Health-Safety Rating for Hotels and Resorts

PRESS RELEASE Jun 8, 2020 Expertise and insights from IWBI’s COVID-19 Task Force applied to the WELL Health-Safety Rating and other initiatives of the world’s leading certification body for healthy buildings

APRIL 2020

the IWBI Task Force on COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Infections.

Formed by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) back in April 2020. It is comprised of global experts and thought leaders across sectors in public health, real-estate, healthcare, business, nonprofit, government and academia.

The Taskforce has helped provide new Guidelines for Prevention and Preparedness, Resilience and Recovery as well as enhancements to the WELL Building Standard itself. This helps businesses and communities have the tools and resources for prevention and preparedness, resilience and recovery in response to public health crises, like the one we find ourselves in today.

We are here to bring you the best information, strategies and tools to have the best built environment for your employees, business and/or tenants.

Links to the press releases and more.

PRESS RELEASE Apr 24, 2020 More than 460 Members Join IWBI’s Task Force on COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Infections: Prevention and Preparedness, Resilience and Recovery

PRESS RELEASE Apr 6, 2020 IWBI Announces New Co-chairs and More than 225 Members of the Task Force on COVID-19 and Other Respiratory Infections: Prevention and Preparedness, Resilience and Recovery

PRESS RELEASE Mar 31, 2020 IWBI Assembles Task Force on Role Buildings Can Play in Reducing Health Burden of COVID-19 and other Respiratory Infections