Maintaining healthy indoor air is a top priority for responsible developers, employers, and commercial operators, with far-reaching human and financial costs for failing to meet acceptable safety standards. Two of the most relied-upon and respected global standards for ensuring indoor health and safety are WELL and LEED.

The LEED (or “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design”) building standard exists as a standardized framework for evaluating a building’s environmental performance and sustainability. Established by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), LEED certification is available throughout all stages of development, from building design and construction to interior fit-outs, and even entire neighbourhoods and cities. Known to be the most widely used green building rating system in the world, LEED-certified spaces communicate a commitment to health and safety, with indoor air quality monitoring a key element.

Where LEED focuses on the design and sustainability of physical structures, the WELL Building Standard considers how people interact with and exist in these spaces. Administered by the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the WELL standard evaluates how human comfort, health, and well-being can be enhanced across 100+ criteria encompassing 10 core concepts, one of which is the WELL Air concept. Included among WELL Air criteria are strict rules governing indoor pollutant types, monitoring systems, and detection limits that must be met to attain WELL certification.

Aeroqual simplifies compliance for both WELL and LEED with our connected, handheld Aeroqual Ranger. Known as the ultimate handheld air monitoring solution, Ranger is among the only handheld monitoring systems on the market proven to meet all indoor air monitoring requirements for WELL and LEED. For some longer-term IAQ projects (e.g., tracking vapor intrusion in the basement of an apartment building), the Aeroqual AQS 1 fixed monitoring system also offers a compliance-ready alternative.