Certification
Certify with Fitwel for Added Value, Risk Mitigation, and ESG Reporting
FITWEL CHAMPION
Kilroy Realty Corporation
12100 and 12200 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Certification — for new or existing buildings — doesn't have to be a painful process. Fitwel makes it easy, affordable, and efficient thanks to the cloud-based Fitwel Platform. The Fitwel Platform allows you to register, benchmark, and submit a single project or an entire real estate portfolio for Fitwel Certification.
Enhance Value Proposition
Investing in human health has multiple benefits. By integrating strategies to optimize health within a building or community, it has been proven that tenants are positively impacted — even if they aren’t aware of the certification — and satisfied tenants result in increased tenant referral rates, more occupancies, and an increased ROI.
Mitigate Health & Safety Risk
Ignoring health is now widely recognized for what it has always been: a risk. Fitwel offers scorecards to suit a variety of project use types. Each scorecard prioritizes a different set of strategies, according to what is more relevant to the main use of the property and the group of people impacted. Fitwel Certification includes design strategies and policies to optimize health and wellness among occupants.
Data-Driven ESG Reporting
Fitwel offers a pathway to track the health-related ESG impacts of your assets through streamlined measurement tools and expert guidance. Through Fitwel Certification, your building will be leading the industry on the next frontier of sustainability by improving social metrics and ensuring optimal health of your occupants and the surrounding community.
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Certification Process
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Create your free account on the Fitwel Platform, and register your first project by entering basic project information.
Registration of a project provides access to the Platform's interactive scorecard, benchmarking capability, and performance data that summarizes a project's areas of strength and opportunity.
Registration fee: $500 USD per project.
Certification fees are dependent on project size, see pricing.
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Advance through the Fitwel process, by choosing the appropriate Fitwel pathway (new construction or existing building) and associated Scorecard, and assessing how your project measures up against each of the Fitwel Strategies.
Learn more about the Fitwel Standard including Scorecards, Star Ratings, and Strategies here.
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Create and archive historical snapshots of your responses to the Fitwel Strategies to see how each project has improved over time.
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Upload required documentation to show how you’re complying with the selected Fitwel Strategies. Companies applying Fitwel at scale may upload documentation applicable throughout a portfolio all at once, rather than on a project-by-project basis.
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In as little as 12 weeks, Fitwel’s Certification Team reviews a project, and sends comments for the project team’s review and response.
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You made it! Fitwel’s Certification Team designates the project with a numerical score and associated Star Rating. Your certification is valid for 3 years.
Download our Submission Workbook which provides answers to the most common product and certification questions or visit our Help Center
Certification Approaches for New Construction and Existing Projects
New Construction Certification
This certification approach applies to projects that are currently in the design stage or under construction and consists of two certification types: Design Certification (prior to occupancy) and Built Certification (post occupancy).
Existing Building Certification
This certification approach applies to all occupied projects, including existing or recently completed projects, and consists of one certification type: Built Certification.
Please note: Projects registered on the Platform before June 3rd, 2019 are part of the Existing Building certification and will remain registered on the scorecard version they signed up with. Users who wish to move their project from v2 to v2.1 should contact info@fitwel.org.
Design Certification
Design Certification is available to new construction and major renovation projects once the design of the project is solidified and prior to the project being occupied. Design Certification is valid for three years from the date of certification, at which time the completed project applies for a Built Certification.
Built Certification
Built Certification is available for existing or recently completed projects that are occupied and in use. Built Certification is valid for three years from the time of certification.
About the Project Review Process
The Fitwel Certification Team uses a verified approach to evaluate each project's certification documentation. As a part of this rigorous review process, two independent reviewers assess each project and then confirm a numerical score without seeing the responses of the other reviewer. Developed by public health professionals, this method, known as “double-blind review,” helps ensure each review is unbiased and consistent.
To uphold the integrity of the standard, Fitwel works with a group of consultants who are highly knowledgeable about the Fitwel Certification System, with relevant experience in the healthy building industry and proven expertise in the Fitwel Standard requirements. This allows for a mutually beneficial system in which Fitwel ensures high-quality project reviews, while consultants continuously develop professional skills and become experts in the world's leading certification system committed to building health for all.
Prior to conducting project reviews, each consultant undergoes a comprehensive due diligence process. Furthermore, all consultants are bound to a Non-Disclosure Agreement and a Data Privacy Policy that guarantee the strictest confidence and reliability when performing their duties as reviewers.
As Little As a 12-Week Review Process
We guarantee that all Champions and Ambassadors advance through the certification process in 12 weeks, with all other submitted projects undergoing the same process in 16 weeks.
During the project review process you will receive:
an initial review with comments from Fitwel
one response to the comments from the project team
a final review from Fitwel
a numerical score and Star Rating (as applicable) for the project
Registration Fee
Registration fee of $500 USD per project*
Registration provides access to the Platform's interactive scorecard, benchmarking capability, and performance data that summarizes a project's areas of strength and opportunity.
*Registration fee is in addition to recertification fees
Certification Fee
Certification fees are dependent on project size, according to the pricing bands below:
Site Scorecards (Community Site and Commercial and Industrial Site)
Project Size
First 20 acres
21-499 acres
500+ acres
Building Scorecards (Workplace, Multifamily Residential, Retail, and Senior Housing)
Size Range (sq. ft.)
0-49,999
50,000-99,999
100,000-249,999
250,000-499,999
500,000-749,999
750,000-999,999
1,000,000-1,249,999
1,250,000-1,499,999
1,500,000-1,749,999
1,750,000-1,999,999
2,000,000-2,249,999
2,250,000-2,499,999
2,500,000-2,749,999
2,750,000-2,999,999
3,000,000 and beyond
Fee (USD)
$7,500
$8,000
$8,500
$9,000
$9,500
$10,000
$10,500
$11,000
$11,500
$12,000
$12,500
$13,000
$13,500
$14,000
contact us for pricing
Please note: Pricing for Building Scorecards is reflective of a pricing increase as of April 15, 2024. Learn more about the enhancements we're building and how pricing has changed here.
Champion Pricing — Reduced Fee
Fitwel Champion: Tishman Speyer, The Spiral, New York City
Become a Fitwel Champion for Reduced Rates
Step up and commit to apply Fitwel at scale as a Champion partner for exclusive benefits including reduced rates. Learn More
Recertification
Fitwel Certification is valid for three years. Building recertification can be initiated at any time following the initial certification for $500 USD. Projects that submit for recertification within a year following the expiration of their three-year certification period are eligible for 20% off current fees. Any project that submits for recertification after one year from the expiration date is subject to current certification fees.
Your project can maintain its Fitwel status without lapse by initiating recertification at any point within three years from the initial certification award, and by submitting for recertification within one year of the expiration date.
Projects that have received a Built Certification and are submitted for recertification will be reviewed under the version of the Fitwel Scorecard that was in place on the date when the project was registered for recertification.
Projects that have received a Design Certification will be reviewed under the version of the Fitwel Scorecard in which the original certification was awarded, but also have the option of recertifying under the most up-to-date version.
Certification FAQs
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Building owners can apply for Fitwel’s healthy building certification to implement, track, and benchmark actions and strategies that impact human health and wellbeing. Obtaining a healthy building certification demonstrates the building’s commitment to improving the lives of residents, occupants, and the surrounding communities.
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The Fitwel Standard provides tailored scorecards for existing and new buildings and sites to optimize the unique opportunities for every project to receive the Fitwel healthy building certification—whether it’s a single-floor build-out or a large-scale development.
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A range of buildings and sites (“projects”) are eligible. Communities, commercial/industrial sites, senior housing, workplaces (multi-tenant base buildings, multi-tenant whole buildings, single tenant buildings, commercial interior spaces), retail buildings, and multifamily residential buildings are all eligible for the Fitwel Certification.
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Once the registration, benchmarking, and submission of the documents are complete, Fitwel’s Certification Team will review and provide feedback on the project within 16 weeks. Fitwel Champions and Ambassadors are eligible for expedited certification review timelines of as little as 12 week.
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A Fitwel Building or Site Certification is valid for three years.
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The Fitwel Viral Response Module is a separate certification that allows companies to adopt new guidance, policies, and procedures for a multi-faceted approach to mitigate the spread of disease on an asset-level basis.
Designed and developed in response to the demand surrounding COVID-19, the module highlights data-driven strategies that mitigate viral transmission and create a healthy environment for all occupants.
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Beginning in November 2022, Fitwel launched a Remediation Process available for all projects after completing the Fitwel Final Review.
This new process is completely optional and provides a formal and structured pathway to improve a project’s Fitwel score and/or star rating. The Remediation Process allows project teams to submit additional documentation for strategies that have not been achieved, or attempted, during the initial project submission, within a year from Final Review completion. The process will cost $1,000 per review and cover up to 10 strategies, with Fitwel Champion and Provider companies receiving a 50% discount.
Process Guidelines
• All Fitwel Certifications (excluding Viral Response Approval) are eligible for the Remediation Process.
• Each project may use the Remediation Process 3 separate times within 1 year from the original Final Review completion date.
• Project teams may submit up to 10 different strategies in each Remediation Process.
• For the Remediation Process to be considered complete, documentation must be submitted for all strategies being considered for the review cycle. The Certification Team cannot review any documentation submitted after the Remediation Process has been initiated.
• Regardless of the number of Remediation Processes for a project, Fitwel will recognize the date of the Final Review completion as the official project certification date.
• Projects may be submitted for a Remediation Process review regardless of score or star rating achieved in the initial certification submission.
• The Remediation Process typically takes 2-4 weeks to complete.
Start the process here.
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