Active Design Advisors, Inc. (Adai)


FITWEL CHAMPION
Kilroy Realty Corporation
350 Mission, San Francisco, CA

About Adai

Adai operates Fitwel with its non-profit affiliate Center for Active Design (CfAD) which provides third-party certification. Fitwel sets the global standard for optimizing occupant health in the built world. Through rigorous benchmarking and certification of healthy building design and policies, combined with an integrated tech platform, Fitwel’s certification measurement tools and guidance generates ESG metrics and drives value across every aspect of the business.

Achieve Market Transformation by Optimizing Building Health through Fitwel

Fitwel is the most cost-effective building certification and the only certification system developed in partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the General Services Administration (GSA).

Quantifiable health data collected through Fitwel certification and portfolio-wide benchmarking offer actionable pathways for owners and investors to increase net promoter scores, advance tenant satisfaction, and achieve market transformation.

Learn more about Fitwel’s impact from The Center for Active Design’s publication A New Investor Consensus: The Rising Demand for Healthy Buildings —the largest health and wellness study of global real estate investment managers ever conducted.

2021 global survey of real estate investors

Tenant Demand for Healthy Buildings

  • Demand for Healthy Buildings

    92% of investors expect demand for healthy buildings to continue to grow over the next three years.

  • Enhance Health and Wellness Strategy

    89% of investors plan to enhance their health and wellness strategy.

  • Tenant Demand

    94% of investors report strong to moderate demand from tenants.

  • Track Health Data

    74% of investors plan to track health data.

  • Use of Building Certifications

    66% of investors plan to use healthy building certifications.

Board of Directors

Nisha Agrawal
Director of Sustainability, QuadReal Property Group

Kevin Davis
Americas CEO, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels & Hospitality

Michael Vardaro, J.D.
Managing Partner, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP

Christopher Yip
Partner, RET Ventures

Joanna Frank
President & CEO, Center for Active Design; President & CEO, Active Design Advisors, Inc.

2021 Best in Building Health Winner: Gensler
San Francisco International Airport
Photo courtesy of Gensler, Jason O’Rear