Streamlining Success: Fitwel Platform Upgrades for a Faster Certification Journey

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Written By Kenneth Einhorn

Fitwel Platform Upgrades: Simplifying Your Path to Certification

The journey to obtaining Fitwel certification just got easier! With our latest upgrades to the Fitwel Platform, we’re committed to making your certification process not only faster but also more efficient and streamlined.

Key Platform Upgrades

Whether you’re starting from scratch or already in the thick of things, our enhancements aim to simplify every step, from registration to documentation, ensuring a seamless experience that saves you time and effort.

Got general feedback about the platform or process?

  • Quicker Project Registration: Project registration is now faster with fewer required fields, allowing you to start assessing projects immediately. This change helps you kick off projects sooner without gathering all the details upfront. 

  • Clearer Compliance Pathway Selection: With Fitwel v3, we’ve made selecting compliance pathways easier. Each pathway is clearly defined, helping your team make accurate selections and document them correctly, minimizing errors and review clarifications. 

  • Reduced Documentation Effort:

    • Integrated Official Statements: Compliance is now easier with all required statements integrated directly into the platform, allowing you to simply check a box, eliminating the need for extra documentation.

    • Calculators & Performance Tracking: Built-in calculators and performance tracking fields streamline the submission process, resulting in faster and more accurate outcomes.

    • Updated Policy Templates: We’ve revamped our policy strategy templates, allowing the flexibility to either submit signed policies using our templates or use them as a guide to update their own.

    • Requirement Tracking & Search Features: Built-in checklists and improved search/filter features help teams track progress, prevent omissions, and manage submissions more efficiently.

Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA | Photo courtesy of BXP

New Strategies with a Purpose

Our new strategies address emerging trends and challenges in building health and sustainability, focusing on climate resilience, biodiversity, and equity. These practical strategies help you enhance building health while meeting industry demands.

Got specific feedback about a strategy?

  • Climate Resilience:  Our new and expanded strategies—Heat Island Mitigation, Flood-Risk Reduction, Fire-Prone Zone Planning, and Stormwater Management—provide practical solutions to address climate risks while improving local ecosystems.

  • Support Biodiversity: New strategies promote the  integration of native plants and vibrant ecosystems, improving air quality, enhancing carbon absorption, and cooling temperatures. These actions support immune health, reduce respiratory risks, and promote mental and community well-being.

  • Acoustic Comfort Strategies: Interior and External Acoustic Comfort strategies have been implemented across scorecards with control measures designed to minimize unwanted noises and support cognitive function.

  • Civic Engagement: Building on the legacy of the Assembly Civic Design Guidelines, this strategy emphasizes programs that support volunteering and voting, enhancing community satisfaction and promoting engaged, resilient communities. 

  • Universal Accessibility and Wayfinding: This strategy enhances navigation, safety, and physical activity by encouraging walking throughout the project and promoting social inclusion and accessibility through clear signage for amenities and destinations.

  • Centering Equity to Reduce Health Disparities: Fitwel prioritizes equity by creating accessible, health-promoting spaces. These strategies improve improve internet access, promote economically diverse housing, and expand universal accessibility to reduce health disparities and foster inclusivity.

Fitwel v3 | Empowering Teams to Achieve Certification Efficiently | Image Source: Jadon B / peopleimages.com

A Continuous Journey of Improvement

Your feedback has driven these platform upgrades and new strategies, ensuring that Fitwel remains practical, responsive, and aligned with evolving market demands. Our ongoing commitment is to make the Fitwel Standard actionable, scalable, and impactful for all users. These changes will help you stay ahead while simplifying the certification process.

Together, we’re building a healthier, more sustainable future!

“As an inaugural Fitwel Provider, we have long championed Fitwel’s holistic approach to occupant health and well-being. The v3 Standard emphasizes this commitment by advancing science-based solutions while providing an approachable certification program. Driven by investor demands, client expectations, improved GRESB performance, or a combination of factors…

Fitwel v3 rises to the occasion, delivering benefits for everyone."

Josh Berengut, Partner at breea

Share your Fitwel experience

We welcome your feedback and insights as we continue making enhancements. Help shape the future of Fitwel by sharing your experiences, and stay tuned for more announcements about our progress and upcoming changes.

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