"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.

NEW YORK, NY; OCTOBER 11, 2022 - Active Design Advisors Inc. (Adai), an affiliate of the Center for Active Design (CfAD), the sole operator of Fitwel, today announced a strategic capital investment led by RET Ventures, a leading real estate technology fund focused on building cutting-edge proptech companies for the multifamily industry…

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.

Join us at Greenbuild 2022. The Center for Active Design and Fitwel teams are excited to reconnect with the green building industry at the Greenbuild International Conference + Expo the first week in November. This year, we have a booth sponsorship and multiple panels we will be participating in.

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.

Health Drives Value in Real Estate is a groundbreaking benchmark study from the Center for Active Design and Quadreal that features findings that point to the positive outcomes that health and wellbeing strategies have on tenant satisfaction, and in turn, financial outcomes.

The Fitwel Provider and Fitwel Partner programs are designed to provide an opportunity for organizations to align with and support the growth of Fitwel.

There is a growing demand for reliable metrics that define the role of health within the ESG conversation and we are committed to supporting the movement by driving the adoption of health metrics based on public health data.