Fitwel Blog

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Tishman Speyer
The Spiral, Manhattan, New York

Featured Posts

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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Top Ambassador Spotlight: Yongqing Lyu | Shenzhen LVDA Technology Co., Ltd.

As part of our ongoing Best in Building Health series, we’re honored to celebrate one of Fitwel’s Top 20 Ambassadors, Yongqing Lyu of Shenzhen LVDA Technology Co., Ltd.

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Why Leading Global Architecture Firm Gensler is Enrolling Fitwel Ambassadors

As part of our 2023 Best in Building Health awards, this leading global architecture firm was recognized as the Company with the Most Fitwel Ambassadors of All Time. Find out how investing in their people through the Ambassador Program helps integrate health and well-being in their offices and client projects.

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Cooper Carry: Leading the Healthy Building Movement One Ambassador at a Time

Cooper Carry has been recognized by Fitwel as part of the Best in Building Health awards as the Company with the Most New Fitwel Ambassadors in 2022. This annual list of the top global real estate companies and individuals shows who is leading the healthy building movement by example, leveraging Fitwel’s data-driven, scalable certification platform.

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How the HERE Building Goes Above and Beyond in Health-Promoting Workplace Design

The workplace of the future is HERE! We’re excited to celebrate the HERE Building in Reading, UK — developed by V7 Asset Management in partnership with sustainability consultancy Element Four — for achieving two Best in Building Health awards for their people-centric design.

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Top Ambassador Spotlight: Vicky Woodward on the Value of Healthy Building Certification for DLC Europe’s Clients

As part of our ongoing 2023 Best in Building Health series, we’re excited to celebrate one of Fitwel’s Top 20 Ambassadors, Vicky Woodward of DLC Europe.

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Best in Building Health Top Ambassador Spotlight: Katie Luong, Brightworks Sustainability

As part of this year’s Best in Building Health awards, we’re pleased to announce our first annual Top 20 Ambassadors List. The honorees were selected out of a competitive group of nearly 4,000 professionals across 50+ countries worldwide for their success in project registrations and Fitwel certifications, and the number of people impacted through those efforts.

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Introducing the Top 20 Fitwel Ambassadors

Learn about Fitwel’s Top 20 Ambassadors list, featuring industry-leading professionals who are leading the healthy building movement and driving value through Fitwel certifications.

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Healthy Building Profile: Yorkdale Shopping Centre

Toronto's Yorkdale Shopping Centre, which is part of Oxford Property Group’s portfolio, has a 55-year history as Canada's leading super-regional shopping center. As of February 2023, Yorkdale is the only retail property in Canada to finalize Fitwel Retail Building v2.1 Certification, and just one of eight publicly disclosed in the world.

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Fitwel At Scale: Champion Spotlight on UL Solutions (US, Asia)

We’re thrilled to welcome UL Solutions as the latest Fitwel Champion! We sat down with Bryan Astheimer, Operations Manager, Sustainability at UL Solutions (and a certified Fitwel Ambassador) to learn why UL pursued Fitwel Certification at scale and to better understand how Fitwel has provided value to their portfolio.