Fitwel Provider, Brightworks, along with real estate development and investment firm, High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammel Crow Company, chose Fitwel to help plan and implement strategies to prioritize the health and well-being of staff and residents at Llewellyn Apartments.

Meet Chia Ming Huang — Founder of Fitwel Champion, Green Matrix Consulting Company. Chia became a Fitwel Ambassador in 2019 and introduced Fitwel to the Taiwan market. Fitwel’s strategies and standards align with Green Matrix’s mission to “fight for the next generation” and strive to transform the construction market toward health and wellbeing.

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2022 — Today AirMD, Evora Global, Exubrancy, and Sunview Integrated Solutions all announced their membership to the inaugural class of Fitwel's Partner program. Designed to provide an opportunity for organizations to align…

Last week, we joined industry leaders for the 20th Anniversary of Greenbuild. While topics spanned climate change, sustainability, equity, and resilience, health and well-being in the built environment took center stage. Here are the top 5 takeaways for a healthier 2023.

Thanks to Mariana G. Figueiro, PhD, Director, Light and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai, Moira Kelley, Head of Social Impact, Harrison Street, and Ashley Schulze, Director of Quality, The Springs Living for joining us for our Greenbuild panel discussion on "Prioritizing Health and Wellbeing in Senior Housing".

"We can’t build our way out of the issues that we have today and nor should we," said Joanna Frank, CEO of nonprofit Center for Active Design, which uses design to foster healthy and engaged communities. "While many people might want to focus on new buildings, existing buildings are the biggest opportunity."

ESG is taking on new meaning in the post-COVID world. Environmental impacts (the "E"), like energy use and carbon emissions, are relatively easy to quantify. Yet it took about ten years for the industry to clearly define how to measure these as standards for ESG reporting. Real estate’s future, however, rests on the measurement and impact of Social (the “S”) frameworks.

On the heels of Hudson Pacific's top 2022 GRESB ranking for sustainability leadership, Center for Active Design’s Director of Applied Research Sara Karerat sat down with Natalie Teear, Hudson Pacific's SVP of Innovation, Sustainability, & Social Impact to discuss the future of building and operating healthier buildings.

DALLAS – October 11, 2022 – Granite Properties, a commercial real estate investment, development and management company, announced today it has become a Fitwel Champion, and has certified five office buildings. Fitwel is a third-party healthy building certification system promoting health and wellbeing through the built environment.

As ESG continues to gain in popularity and importance, particularly within the real estate industry, it’s more critical than ever to optimize your strategy. We’re here to unpack it for you so you can understand what it is, how it’s evolving, and how Fitwel can help.

Fitwel addresses health as an interconnected system across seven main impact categories codified through expert analysis of more than 5,600 research studies.

As investors have grown increasingly focused on impact investing, the real estate community has steadily expanded its efforts to demonstrate a commitment to creating portfolios that positively impact our society. The Covid-19 pandemic has opened dialogue about the need to focus on health.