Fitwel Blog


Here, you'll find what you need to know from the team including insights from the Center for Active Design experts, award-winning projects, industry profiles, and more.

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Tishman Speyer
The Spiral, Manhattan, New York

Featured Posts

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

    Streamlining Success: Fitwel Platform Upgrades for a Faster Certification Journey

    Discover the latest upgrades to the Fitwel Platform designed to simplify your certification journey. From quicker project registration to integrated documentation tracking and new strategies addressing climate resilience, explore how these enhancements make achieving Fitwel certification faster, easier, and more efficient.

  • Oracle Headquarters, Redwood Shores, CA | Image Courtesy of Oracle

    Putting People at the Center to Drive Value for Real Estate | Defining ‘S’ in Six Targeted Outcomes

    There is a proven link between health and value. The research team at the Center for Active Design has been undertaking a years-long process to examine two critical questions facing the real estate industry: what is the quantifiable value of health? and how can climate change and quality of life coexist? Learn about our new framework connecting health-promoting goals to economic value creation in our second issue of Building Health, Expanding the Evidence.

  • Fitwel® Unveils v3: Pioneering the Future of Healthy Building Certification

    Fitwel, the leading global healthy building certification and data insights platform, has released Version 3 (“v3”) of its evidence-based standard. This update translates the latest public health research to optimize real estate assets for health and quality of life, future-proof them for climate adaptation, and maximize their value.

Recent Posts

Lionstone Investments’ Data-Driven Approach to Healthy Building Demand

Lionstone Investments, one of the largest real estate investment firms in the world, lives and breathes Fitwel's mission of leading the healthy building movement within its culture, assets, and homes. Today, like other REITs, they are considering how health-promoting strategies benefit employees and tenants as well as their portfolio's bottom line. Learn more about this Best in Building Health winner on our latest blog.

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Ambassador of the Year Spotlight: Chip Andrews of Cousins Properties

Fitwel’s Top 20 Ambassadors initiative shines a spotlight on industry-leading professionals from across the globe who have demonstrated exemplary engagement, leadership, and achievements as Fitwel Ambassadors. We spoke to Ambassador of the Year Chip Andrews of Cousins Properties to understand why they are investing in health at scale through Fitwel.

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Inside Harrison Street’s Award-Winning Commitment to Healthy Senior Living

Harrison Street has been recognized with Fitwel's highest honor, the Fitwel Excellence Award, for its exceptional track record of healthy building certifications. We sat down with Jill Brosig, Chief Impact Officer at Harrison Street, whose title intentionally reflects the company’s commitment to demonstrating the proven impact of its strategy, to learn more about how Fitwel is an essential part of driving value.

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The Meridian Group and Buro Happold Maintain Fitwel Viral Response Module Highest Rating for Second Year

Having earned the highest scoring Viral Response Module in 2021, The Meridian Group’s dedication to ensuring health and safety in their buildings continues to remain strong. This year, they once again hold the record for the highest score – a testament to their deep commitment to ensuring the health and safety of their occupants for the long term.

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Vornado Realty Trust: Setting New Standards in Sustainability and Occupant Well-Being

As part of Fitwel's Best in Building Health awards this year, Vornado Realty's THE MART received the highest score in the Multi-Tenant Whole Building category. Learn why this industry leader has committed to optimizing the health and safety of its portfolio's occupants.

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Promoting Health & Wellness to Colleagues and Clients: Top Ambassador Jackson Jaeger of TIAA

Fitwel’s annual Top 20 Ambassadors initiative shines a spotlight on industry-leading professionals from across the globe who have demonstrated exemplary engagement, leadership, and achievements as Fitwel Ambassadors. Learn how the Ambassador program has impacted Jackson Jaeger’s career, colleagues and clients in our latest blog.

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How Vari and Corgan are Elevating the Future Workplace through Healthy Spaces

Vari's Best in Building Health award-winning campus, designed in collaboration with Corgan, embodies both companies’ values of promoting health and wellness in the office. Learn why Vari prioritized building a healthy space for their employees through Fitwel Certification and why its health-promoting strategies make it the workplace of the future.

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An Inside Look at Marriott International’s World-Class Healthy Hospitality Headquarters

Take an inside look at Gensler-designed Marriott International's award-winning headquarters, recognized as Best in Building Health, and learn the how and why behind their commitment to creating a healthy workplace environment.

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Top Ambassador Spotlight: Leila Schey, Gensler

Congratulations to Leila Schey of Gensler for being one of our 2023 Best in Building Health Top 20 Ambassadors. Find out how the Ambassador Program has impacted her professionally and personally, and why Gensler continues to invest in healthy buildings on our latest blog feature.

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Harrison Street's Moira Kelley: Top Ambassador for Prioritizing Health in Senior & Student Housing

As part of our ongoing series featuring Top Fitwel Ambassadors, we’re celebrating Moira Kelley of Harrison Street. Harrison Street is a leading investment management firm exclusively focused on alternative real assets, including senior and student housing, healthcare delivery, and life sciences. Learn more about Moira’s motivations and her achievements as an expert in healthy buildings.

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