Urbano Build Networking Breakfast and Tour - WELL Building Standard

Urbano Network is London’s leading pan-sector independent business network, connecting hundreds of Member & Associate Companies, from leading PLCs to SMEs, and from across our different business communities: Build, Finance, Host, Media, People, Tech & UWACTE (Urbano Women in Architecture, Construction, Technology & Engineering).

Our next Urbano speaker event on Thursday September 20th looks at the WELL Building Standard and will principally appeal to those companies in the Build Community, but should also especially appeal to those in the Urbano People Community (HR, employment, wellbeing etc).

Our guest speaker is Ann Marie Aguilar, Director of Operations for Europe at the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), a public benefit corporation whose mission is to improve human health and well-being in buildings and communities across the world through its WELL Building Standard (WELL).

WELL provides a framework for project teams to incorporate a variety of strategies to integrate human health and well-being at the heart of building design, construction and operations. WELL also allows project teams to innovate and transform the way humans can interact with the buildings and spaces they experience in these principle areas: air, water, nourishment, light, movement, thermal comfort, sound, materials, mind and community.

Ann's talk will examine the key areas of the work of the IWBI and the WELL Standard. She will also report on the WELL v2 Pilot which launched this year and are aimed at making WELL more flexible, inclusive and optimised for all types of projects, with a cheaper pricing structure for government buildings, education, charities and affordable housing.

Ann's talk will examine the key areas of the work of the IWBI and the WELL Standard. She will also report on the  WELL v2 Pilot launched in May 2018,  informed by key learnings from almost 1,000 WELL projects in 35 countries and the evolving health research and data over 3 years.

The enhancements in WELL v2 are aimed at making WELL more flexible, inclusive and optimised for all types of projects in every part of the world, with a cheaper pricing structure for government buildings, education, charities and affordable housing.

After Ann's talk, we will visit (in two groups) the nearby One Carter Lane, the first project in the UK and Europe to achieve WELL Certification at the Gold level, BREEAM Excellent and SKA Gold ratings and demonstrating that health, wellbeing and sustainability are compatible.

The tour will be led by Kavita Kumari, Senior Environmental Engineer at Cundall, one of the first WELL Accredited Professional's.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS

Ann Marie Aguilar earned her bachelor's degree in architecture from the New York Institute of Technology and received Chartered Environmentalist status in 2012.

Ann Marie has technical background in sustainability, health and wellbeing consulting, having worked for 11 years with Arup Associates.  She has extensive experience in LEED Certification, material deconstruction and material reuse processes.

Ann Marie joined IWBI in 2016 and is the first point of contact for those interested in all applications of WELL Certification. 

Ann Marie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts, member of the Sustainability Futures Group at the RIBA, and a member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.

Kavita Kumari started her career as a Mechanical Engineer 14 years ago, becoming a Sustainable Design Consultant in 2007. She is now a licensed BREEAM accredited assessor, as well as a registered Low Carbon Consultant, ensuring buildings are built to high energy efficiency& environmental standards.

Kavita is part of Cundall's London Green Team which looks at initiatives that reduce Cundall's business impact on the planet.

Kavita is one of the first to be awarded the WELL Accredited Professional™ (WELL AP) credential through the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI).

EVENT FORMAT

8:00am – Registration, coffee/tea and pastries, and networking

8:30am – Presentation/talk by Ann Marie

9.15am/9.45am - Guided Tours of One Carter Lane by Kavita

10am – Networking till end

This event is hosted by Urbano Members Katten Muchin Rosenman UK  . Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP a full-service law firm with more than 600 attorneys across the United States and in London and Shanghai. 

* Non-member companies can send representatives to a maximum of TWO Urbano events before needing to apply to Urbano for membership. New ANNUAL COMPANY joiners applying and paying for membership in August get one free place at this event. Your logo will also be featured on our forthcoming revamp of the Urbano Build Community Page. Details on the Membership Page.