Back by popular demand, Blanche Garcia, WELL AP and LEED AP Certified, will show us that healthy and green doesn't have to be boring! Join us for an open discussion touching on the principals of Green Design, and how it fits into your business. You will also be introduced to the concepts of WELL building practices, and what its relationship is to Green design, and better yet how it affects you as a business owner.
The WELL Building Standard explores how design, operations and behaviors within the places where we live, work, learn and play can be optimized to advance human health and well-being. Covering the seven core concepts of air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind as well as hundreds of features, WELL is a flexible building standard and represents the future of modern design. This class isn't just for designers, as WELL principles can be applied to workrooms and retail facilities to ensure the well being of our employees.
Blanche Garcia is famously known as a designer who goes against the grain in an industry so fixated on trends. Interior Designer and Entrepreneur Blanche's aesthetic is not one that can be labeled. Today, Blanche is a certified Interior Designer with over 22 years of experience in residential, hospitality, and commercial design and is the owner of B. Garcia Designs based in Montclair, New Jersey. She is a “Green Design” LEED Accredited Professional and a “WELL AP” design professional which utilizes healthy concepts to promote human health and wellness within the built environment.
Blanche has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, US Magazine, Red Book, Latina, Design NJ, and more. Her design columns have been published in The Star Ledger and The Record. Blanche was also the principal designer featured in the popular Travel Channel reality series, "Hotel Impossible" for five seasons. Her newly authored book, “Empowered Design: A Design Plan for Living, is inspiring people around the world.
The WELL Building Standard explores how design, operations and behaviors within the places where we live, work, learn and play can be optimized to advance human health and well-being. Covering the seven core concepts of air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind as well as hundreds of features, WELL is a flexible building standard and represents the future of modern design. This class isn't just for designers, as WELL principles can be applied to workrooms and retail facilities to ensure the well being of our employees.
Blanche Garcia is famously known as a designer who goes against the grain in an industry so fixated on trends. Interior Designer and Entrepreneur Blanche's aesthetic is not one that can be labeled. Today, Blanche is a certified Interior Designer with over 22 years of experience in residential, hospitality, and commercial design and is the owner of B. Garcia Designs based in Montclair, New Jersey. She is a “Green Design” LEED Accredited Professional and a “WELL AP” design professional which utilizes healthy concepts to promote human health and wellness within the built environment.
Blanche has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, US Magazine, Red Book, Latina, Design NJ, and more. Her design columns have been published in The Star Ledger and The Record. Blanche was also the principal designer featured in the popular Travel Channel reality series, "Hotel Impossible" for five seasons. Her newly authored book, “Empowered Design: A Design Plan for Living, is inspiring people around the world.