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Fitwel Announces 2024 Best in Building Health Winners
Fitwel proudly presents the 2024 Best in Building Health Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in real estate operations and design that have been proven to improve quality of life and maximize value. PGIM Real Estate, Blackstone Real Estate's ESG leadership, Green Matrix Consulting Company, Aldar, Harrison Street, Evolution Sustainability Group, and other notable organizations are recognized for their defining excellence in building health for all.
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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 Help Center: v3 Preview
Take a first look at Fitwel Standard v3! Version 3 reflects insights from the latest public health research and data-based evidence substantiating the valuable link between health and the built environment. Visit our Help Center to learn more.
Recent Posts
Individuals Leading the Healthy Building Movement: Top 20 Ambassadors of 2024
As part of this year’s Best in Building Health awards, we’re pleased to announce our second annual Top 20 Ambassadors List. This initiative, launched in 2023, highlights industry-leading professionals demonstrating exemplary engagement, leadership, and achievements as Fitwel Ambassadors.
Top Ambassador Spotlight on Levi Jimenez of Viable LLC: Transforming Real Estate Through Health, One Market at a Time
Levi Jimenez of high performance commercial real estate consultant, Viable LLC, shares how becoming an Ambassador has elevated his clients’ assets, one market at a time.
Top Ambassadors Spotlight: Why UL Solutions’ Christopher Tacy and David Adler are Championing Healthy Buildings
We were thrilled to recognize two Top Ambassadors from Fitwel Champion UL Solutions, Christopher Tacy and David Adler, as part of our Best in Building Health awards for 2023. In this post, they share what being Best in Building Health means to them and their companies and how the Fitwel Ambassador program has impacted their careers.
Driving Building Health at Scale: Top Ambassador Spotlight on Verdani Partners' Madison Dorman
Congratulations to Top Ambassador Madison Dorman of Verdani Partners who was recognized for her dedication to helping clients pursue healthy building certification through Fitwel this year. She shares what being Best in Building Health means to her and how becoming a Fitwel Ambassador has positively impacted her career.
Top Ambassador Spotlight: How Megan Krest of Cushman & Wakefield Pursues Career Success and Client Value
Cushman & Wakefield’s Megan Krest has gone above and beyond in leading the healthy building movement on behalf of her clients, earning her a well-deserved spot on this year’s Top Ambassadors List. Learn how becoming a Fitwel Ambassador has positively impacted her career and added value to her clients’ portfolios.
Why Prioritizing ESG and Building Health is a Business Imperative: Spotlight on Top Ambassador Christine Cho of Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield’s Christine Cho understands the value of investing in healthy buildings – and in her professional career. We’re recognizing her this year as one of our Top Ambassadors for helping lead award-winning certified buildings and for her overall dedication to the healthy building movement.
Top Ambassador Spotlight: StraubJunqueira’s Eduardo Straub is Pioneering the Healthy Building Movement in Brazil
Eduardo Straub, Co-Founder of StraubJunqueira, a top sustainability and healthy building consulting firm in Brazil, has been named as one of this year’s Top 20 Fitwel Ambassadors. We sat down with him to learn about the company’s achievements and future ambitions of leading the healthy building movement in Brazil.
How Conservice is Meeting the Demand for Health & Well-Being in Real Estate
Conservice, one of the industry's leading ESG management platforms and proud Fitwel Champion, has been recognized for its far-reaching impact on community health through Fitwel Certification, thanks to a dedicated team of Fitwel Ambassadors at the helm.
Cushman & Wakefield and SIG’s 125 Broad Street Recognized for Commitment to Employee and Occupant Wellness
125 Broad Street is an iconic 43-story skyscraper in the heart of New York City that was named Best in Building Health for its commitment to providing tenants with a healthy workplace. Read about how Cushman & Wakefield and the Fitwel Ambassadors of Sustainable Investment Group helped this award-winning healthy building stand out from the crowd.
Top Ambassador Spotlight: Emily Frazer-Smith of Corgan Achieves Design Success
Top Fitwel Ambassador Emily Frazer-Smith’s commitment to the healthy building movement at Corgan has led to impressive achievements, including back-to-back Best in Building Health awards. These accolades were earned for the Highest Scoring Design Project of All-Time for Peloton's HQ in New York City and the Highest Scoring Multi-Tenant Design Project for VariSpace Coppell in Coppell, Texas.
Top Ambassador Spotlight: Anne (Grzywa) Landgraf, Conservice
Conservice’s Anne (Grzywa) Landgraf was recognized as one of Fitwel’s Top Ambassadors as part of this year’s Best in Building Health awards. Anne has worked on nearly 30 Conservice projects, assisting clients in optimizing their buildings for health and well-being.
Top Ambassador Spotlight: RiskCheck’s Faye Wood and Paul Wylie on the Value of Healthy Buildings
As part of our ongoing Best in Building Health series, we’re pleased to recognize two of Fitwel’s Top 20 Ambassadors, Faye Wood and Paul Wylie of RiskCheck. Learn how the Fitwel Ambassador credential has impacted their career and provided value to clients.
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