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  • 2024 Best in Building Health Announcement March 21, 2024

    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.

  • Oracle Headquarters, Redwood Shores, CA | Image Courtesy of Oracle

    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.

  • Fitwel Help Center: Fitwel Standard v3 Preview

    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

Palisades Office Park: Atlanta’s Award-Winning Employee-Centric Workplace

Palisades, a four-building project owned by Atlanta Property Group in Atlanta's Central Perimeter submarket, takes pride in being one of the most employee-centric office properties in the Southeast of the United States. Together with the support of Sustainable Investment Group, these healthy buildings earned Best in Building Health recognition.

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Taking Healthy Apartment-Living to the Next Level | Chicago’s 73 East Lake

This year, 73 East, designed by M&R Development, managed by RMK Management Corp., and owned in partnership with UBS Realty Investment, received the Best in Building Health Highest Scoring Multifamily Residential award. This 322 unit luxury apartment complex in the heart of Chicago is recognized for its health-promoting Fitwel Standard strategies that make this apartment building an ideal place to call home.

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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.

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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.

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The Iconic Stock Exchange of Thailand Earns Notable Distinction in Building Health

Learn about The Stock Exchange of Thailand, the pioneering Fitwel Certified project that became the first to achieve the highest 3-Star Rating in Asia in 2020. This year, they’ve earned Best in Building Health recognition for the Highest Scoring Viral Response Module.

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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.

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Beacon Capital Partners and Cushman & Wakefield Continue to Elevate Building Health at Houston's Bank of America Tower

Houston’s first healthy building to receive Fitwel Certification has been named Best in Building Health by Fitwel, thanks to the efforts of Cushman & Wakefield and Beacon Capital Partners. The project team leaders share about their motivations and achievements.

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Fitwel Champion BXP Continues a Multi-Year Winning Streak of Best in Building Health Accolades

We're highlighting Fitwel Champion BXP as one of the companies that had the Greatest Impact on Building Health this year, continuing a multi-year winning streak of Best in Building Health accolades. In addition to having the Most Square Footage of Fitwel-certified buildings, the healthy building leader was recognized for their contribution to achieving the Highest Scoring Design Project on Marriott International Headquarters.

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Building Health is Personal: Spotlight on Lendlease Americas’ Sara Neff

Sara Neff, Head of Sustainability for Lendlease Americas, was recognized as part of this year’s Best in Building Health awards for committing to leading the industry in understanding and quantifying the value of health when it comes to ESG. She shares how a personal health scare sparked a professional passion and what it means to be Best in Building Health in real estate. Read a preview of her story and insights taken from Fitwel’s inaugural digital publication series, Building Health.

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StraubJunqueira: Leading the Way in Best in Building Health Consulting in São Paulo, Brazil

StraubJunqueira, a top sustainability and healthy building consulting firm in Brazil, has been recognized for being Best in Building Health for three commercial spaces in São Paulo, one of the world’s most populous global cities. We sat down with co-founder and Top Fitwel Ambassador, Eduardo Straub, to learn about the company’s achievements and future ambitions.

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iCity Hong Kong: Shenzhen LVDA Technology Co., Ltd.’s Award-Winning Commitment to Tenant Health

iCity in Hengqin, Zhuhai, China is an award-winning cultural and creative hub that received a Best in Building Health award for earning the Highest Scoring Design Project this year. Hear directly from Shenzhen LVDA Technology Co., Ltd.’s CEO and Top Fitwel Ambassador to learn more about their innovative, health-promoting design features.

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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.

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