While the need to prioritize employee wellbeing in the industrial sector has always been there, the Covid-19 pandemic quickly accelerated demand. Highlighting a series of evidence-based guidelines, the report offers a robust plan for retaining top talent, reducing injury and absenteeism, lowering stress levels, mitigating the risk of contagious disease transmission, decreasing risk of chronic illness, increasing overall job satisfaction, and ultimately improving individual and organizational productivity.

Fitwel is pleased to announce the 2022 winners of the Best in Building Health leadership awards. The list of winners demonstrates an increased demand for Fitwel certification and prioritizing occupants’ health and wellness.

The Center for Active Design (CfAD) and QuadReal are proud to announce the publication of A Better Box: Optimizing Industrial Spaces for Employee Health and Wellness which illustrates what strategies work best for the industrial sector when it comes to promoting the health and wellness of occupants.

In two weeks, we will mark the beginning of the third year of the pandemic. If 2020 was the year we naively opined about getting back to normal, then 2021 has been the year we’ve only just begun emotionally and physically reckoning with our changing world. And it is my sincere hope that in 2022, we meet the moment not only with renewed optimism, but with a detailed plan for pursuing the possibilities that come with more human-centric design.

Co-authored by the Center for Active Design, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative and BentallGreenOak, the study quantifies for the first time the extent to which the industry is focusing on health and wellness in ESG investment strategies. The authors will share insights from an international sampling of real estate investors representing USD $5.75 trillion total AUM.

The Center for Active Design (CfAD), BentallGreenOak (BGO) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) are proud to announce the publication of A New Investor Consensus: The Rising Demand for Healthy Buildings —the largest health and wellness study of global real estate investors ever conducted.

At this year's virtual celebration we highlighted our 2021 winners and reflected on the extraordinary agility of the real estate industry during an unprecedented year. Center for Active Design leadership and guest speakers reported on exciting data and trends that will shape the healthy building movement, now and in years to come.

NEW YORK, March 9, 2021 — The Center for Active Design (CfAD) today announced the 2021 winners of the Fitwel Best in Building Health Awards®, its flagship recognition program that identifies firms enhancing human health via Fitwel®, the world's leading certification system committed to building health for all.

Real estate industry insights into Fitwel’s Viral Response Module with Hudson Pacific Properties, Nuveen Real Estate, The Tower Companies, and Triovest Realty Advisors.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 9, 2020 — BRE Global and The Center for Active Design (CfAD), operator of the Fitwel Certification System, have today announced continued alignment to promote physical, mental and environmental health throughout the built environment with the introduction of a new a new crosswalk that enables users of BREEAM USA and Fitwel to more efficiently secure both certifications.

Join the team behind CfAD's latest evidence-based resource, Research to Action: Building Health for All® in the Face of COVID-19 to discuss the first two chapters of this essential guide for the real estate industry.