Healthy Building Design

Need help getting started with your Fitwel Certification project? The Submission Workbook provides guidance for Fitwel registration and certification such as selecting the proper scorecard, including identifying the correct certification pathway, property composition, use type, project boundary plus best practices, reminders, and tips to avoid common mistakes. The workbook also features sample documentation to convey and visualize the successful elements of certification documentation. Complete our brief form to download this free resource.

With Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investments on track to surpass $53 trillion by 2025, the real estate industry requires data-driven solutions that provide metrics and insights on material risk. Based on exploration and analysis of academic research, leading ESG frameworks, and interviews with leading stakeholders, this Fitwel Guide outlines 5 key areas and metrics for quantifying the “S” in ESG reporting. Complete our brief form to download this free resource.

Fitwel offers more than 100 strategies that have a measurable impact on health and ESG scoring that span location, operations and performance, amenities, design, and programming and evaluation. This Crosswalk pinpoints 16 GRESB Indicators that directly align with strategies found within the Fitwel Multifamily Residential (MFR) Scorecard. Complete our brief form to download this free resource.

Fitwel offers more than 100 strategies that have a measurable impact on health and ESG scoring that span location, operations and performance, amenities, design, and programming and evaluation. This Crosswalk pinpoints 19 GRESB Indicators that directly align with strategies found within the Fitwel Workplace Scorecards. Complete our brief form to download this free resource.

The Office Guide to Building Health offers a practical roadmap, from ideas to action, supporting tenants and landlords in their endeavor to create healthy, welcoming offices — regardless of budget, capacity, or expertise. Splitting its content across three distinct stages of tenant occupancy, the Office Guide posits key questions to consider in selecting and developing high-performing office spaces. By the Center for Active Design (CfAD) and QuadReal. Use our cart system to download this free resource.

By surveying the latest scientific literature, interviewing industry leaders, incorporating sector-specific best practices, and drawing upon results from real estate projects that have successfully achieved Fitwel Certification, we have created a comprehensive report aimed at determining what actions are most effective when it comes to supporting health and wellness in the industrial sector. By the Center for Active Design (CfAD) and QuadReal. Complete our brief form to download this free resource.

Tenants that locate within a Fitwel certified building benefit from the existing healthy amenities provided by the building owner, and likewise, the overall building will benefit from additional healthy policies that are prioritized and implemented by a tenant. Based on this mutually beneficial relationship, we have developed this tool, corresponding with Fitwel v2.1, to provide direction on the roles of the building owner and tenant, and to foster collaboration in the implementation of the Fitwel healthy building strategies. Use our cart system to download this free resource.

The Assembly: Civic Design Guidelines is a playbook for creating well-designed and well-maintained public spaces as a force for building trust and healing divisions in local communities. The Assembly Guidelines capture the culmination of four years of research and collaboration—with input from 200+ studies, 50+ cities, and dozens of expert advisors. A pivotal and timely resource for anyone who designs, builds, manages, studies, or advocates for public space. Use our cart system to download this free resource.

The Building Healthy Places Toolkit: Strategies for Enhancing the Built Environment is a practical guide for real estate developers that expands on the growing practice of using health evidence to inform design thinking. The Center for Active Design acted as the expert content provider to ULI’s Building Healthy Places initiative, resulting in a toolkit that provides design recommendations across three sections: physical activity, healthy food/drinking water, and healthy environment/social well-being. Use our cart system to download this free resource.

Healthy Housing for All is a collaboration between the Center for Active Design, the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Building Healthy Places Initiative and ULI's Affordable & Workplace Housing Council. Healthy Housing for All captures the growing momentum of incorporating active design within housing including the financial motivations and incentives such as Fannie Mae's Healthy Housing Rewards™ initiative. Use our cart system to download this free resource.

Healthcare: A Cure for Housing outlines numerous best practices for affordable housing investment. The report draws on the experiences of hospitals and health systems that have invested in affordable housing as a way to improve public health outcomes in their communities. Use our cart system to download this free resource.