Celebrating Excellence: BXP’s Katie Gonzalez Named One of Fitwel’s 2024 Top 20 Ambassadors

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We're pleased to congratulate Katie Gonzalez, BXP's Sustainability Manager, Reporting & Certifications, for once again receiving well-deserved recognition within the healthy building movement. Katie's remarkable efforts have contributed to BXP's numerous achievements over the years, including being named a Best in Building Health Award Winner for categories including Greatest Number of Certifications and Highest Square Footage beginning in 2020, and for achieving the first Fitwel Design-certified project in the world.

AT A GLANCE

Katie Gonzalez, BXP

Name: Katie Gonzalez

Role: Sustainability Manager, Reporting & Certifications, BXP

Ambassador Since: October 2018

This year, we're proud to celebrate Katie individually as one of our 2024 Top 20 Ambassadors. Her outstanding contributions and successes have played a pivotal role in advancing our mission of promoting building health for all.

Learn more about her journey and the impact of Fitwel on both her career and BXP's ESG strategy.

Why did you decide to become a Fitwel Ambassador?
KG: I first learned about the Fitwel Ambassador program when the BXP team decided to pursue healthy building certifications as it became evident how important indoor environments are to occupant health, and that this would be in high demand from our clients. The Ambassador program helped me gain insight into healthy building strategies and how to implement them throughout our portfolio.

How has being a Fitwel Ambassador impacted your life and career?
KG: It has opened the door to understanding healthy building strategies in the projects I work on professionally and how they can benefit me personally as a building occupant. At BXP, we have three Fitwel Design Certifications, including the first Fitwel Design-certified project in the world. Without the knowledge I have gained from the Ambassador program, the projects may not have incorporated healthy building strategies or impacted occupant health in such a positive way.

Who made this year’s Best in Building Health list? Find out here.

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Reston, Virginia | Image Courtesy of BXP

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How do you use Fitwel to advance your company's or client's ESG strategy?
KG: Fitwel supports and enhances BXP's efforts related to the ‘Social’ pillar in ESG by providing healthier environments for our stakeholders. We focus on six areas to improve occupant health: indoor air quality, thermal comfort, healthy materials, pandemic-ready provisions, and green cleaning. These focus areas provide social benefits including optimal cognitive performance and productivity, infectious disease transmission mitigation, clean air supply and removal of contaminants from the indoor environment, and minimizing the impact of cleaning products on people and the environment.

As developers and managers of buildings and occupiers of those buildings, BXP is keenly aware of the influence of buildings on people’s health. The aim has been to ground healthy building claims in science by quantifying the benefits of superior air quality, water purity and access, building material composition, indoor environments, and wellness amenities. That’s why our project teams have been so motivated to pursue Fitwel Certification over the years, and we will continue to do so.

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Santa Monica, California | Image Courtesy of BXP

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About BXP
BXP (NYSE: BXP) is the largest publicly traded developer, owner, and manager of premier workplaces in the United States, concentrated in six dynamic gateway markets - Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, DC. BXP has delivered places that power progress for our clients and communities for more than 50 years. BXP is a fully integrated real estate company, organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT). As of March 31, 2024, including properties owned by unconsolidated joint ventures, BXP’s portfolio totals 53.5 million square feet and 187 properties, including 11 properties under construction/redevelopment.

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