Nicholaus Johnson - WELL Building Institute, NY, NY

Interning in New York City was an amazing experience. This is just one of the amazing views of the city that I had from our office this summer.

Career goal: My goal is to build a career focused on improving lived experiences in the built environment through the employment of building standards that promote environmental and health equity.

Internship outline: I spent this last summer at the International WELL Building Institute, where I worked on researching standards across international markets that are regionally equivalent to the standards we cite here at home.

Value of experience: I am really passionate about this work because I believe it is contributing to better health equity for more people in built environments around the world.

Best moment/experience: My most exciting and memorable experience from this summer was when I was able to share my work with our partners in international markets such as the UK. This experience was really rewarding because I was able to see how the work I was doing was helping IWBI to encourage the adoption of health promoting building standards around the world.

Nicholas Johnson - International WELL Building Institute, NY, NY

Just this May the new and improved WELL v2 pilot standard was launched! This new standard has been designed to be inherently flexible, which means it ensures that a WELL certification can be achieved more seamlessly around the world. If you would like to learn more check out this piece in the New York Times.