Fitwel Certification
Certify with Fitwel’s Global Standard for Added Value, Risk Mitigation, and Reporting Alignment
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Certification — for new or existing buildings — doesn't have to be a painful process. Fitwel makes it easy, affordable, and efficient thanks to the cloud-based Fitwel Platform. The Fitwel Platform allows you to register, benchmark, and submit a single project or an entire real estate portfolio for Fitwel Certification.
Enhance Value Proposition
Investing in human health has multiple benefits. By integrating strategies to optimize health within a building or community, it has been proven that tenants are positively impacted — even if they aren’t aware of the certification — and satisfied tenants result in increased tenant referral rates, more occupancies, and an increased ROI.
Mitigate Health & Safety Risk
Ignoring health is now widely recognized for what it has always been: a risk. Fitwel offers scorecards to suit a variety of project use types. Each scorecard prioritizes a different set of strategies, according to what is more relevant to the main use of the property and the group of people impacted. Fitwel Certification includes design strategies and policies to optimize health and wellness among occupants.
Data-Driven Reporting
Fitwel offers a pathway to track the health-related impacts of your assets through streamlined measurement tools and expert guidance. Through Fitwel Certification, your building will be leading the industry on the next frontier of sustainability by improving social metrics and ensuring optimal health of your occupants and the surrounding community.
Join the Global Movement for Healthier Buildings
Certification Approaches for New and Existing Projects
Design Certification Type
Design Certification is available to new construction and major renovation projects once the design of the project is solidified and prior to the project being occupied. The project may then apply for Built Certification at any point once it is fully built, operational, and occupied.
Built Certification Type
Built Certification is available for existing or recently completed projects that are occupied and in use.
Star Certification
Registration Fee
Registration fee of $500 USD per project*
Registration provides access to the Platform's interactive scorecard, benchmarking capability, and performance data that summarizes a project's areas of strength and opportunity.
*Registration fee is in addition to recertification fees
Star Certification Fee
Star Certification fees are dependent on project size, according to the pricing bands below:
Building Scorecards (Workplace, Multifamily Residential, Retail, and Senior Housing)
Size Range (sq. ft.)
0-49,999
50,000-99,999
100,000-249,999
250,000-499,999
500,000-749,999
750,000-999,999
1,000,000-1,249,999
1,250,000-1,499,999
1,500,000-1,749,999
1,750,000-1,999,999
2,000,000-2,249,999
2,250,000-2,499,999
2,500,000-2,749,999
2,750,000-2,999,999
3,000,000 and beyond
Size Range (sq. m.)
0-4,645
4,646-9,289
9,290-23,226
23,227-46,450
46,451-69,670
69,671-92,903
92,904-116,128
116,129-139,353
139,354–162,578
162,579–185,804
185,805–209,029
209,030–232,254
232,255–255,480
255,481–278,705
278,706 and beyond
Fee (USD)
$7,500
$8,000
$8,500
$9,000
$9,500
$10,000
$10,500
$11,000
$11,500
$12,000
$12,500
$13,000
$13,500
$14,000
contact us for pricing
Site Scorecards (Community Site and Commercial & Industrial Site)
Project Size (acres)
0-10
11-20
21-499
500 and beyond
Project Size (sq. m.)
0–45,004
45,005–85,022
85,023 – 2,023,474
2,023,475 and beyond
Multi-Building Scorecard (Low-Rise Residential: garden-style apartments, townhomes, active adult communities, and more)
Project Size (acres)
0-10
11-20
21-499
500 and beyond
Project Size (sq. m.)
0–45,004
45,005–85,022
85,023 – 2,023,474
2,023,475 and beyond
FSP™ Scale Certification Fees
Fitwel Scale Certification is charged at a single flat fee per asset submitted as part of the entity.
Building Certification fee: $1000 USD per asset
Site Certification fee: $1500 USD per asset
20% Bulk Discount for 20+ assets/projects
Champion Pricing — Reduced Fee
Fitwel Champion: Tishman Speyer, The Spiral, New York City
Become a Fitwel Champion for Reduced Rates
Step up and commit to apply Fitwel at scale as a Champion Company or Champion Provider for exclusive benefits including reduced rates.
Recertification
Fitwel Certification is valid for three years. Building recertification can be initiated at any time following the initial certification for $500 USD. Projects that submit for recertification within a year following the expiration of their three-year certification period are eligible for 20% off current fees. Any project that submits for recertification after one year from the expiration date is subject to current certification fees.
Your project can maintain its Fitwel status without lapse by initiating recertification at any point within three years from the initial certification award, and by submitting for recertification within one year of the expiration date.
Projects that have received a Built Certification and are submitted for recertification will be reviewed under the version of the Fitwel Scorecard that was in place on the date when the project was registered for recertification.
Projects that have received a Design Certification will be reviewed under the version of the Fitwel Scorecard in which the original certification was awarded, but also have the option of recertifying under the most up-to-date version.
Certification FAQs
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Building owners can apply for Fitwel’s healthy building certification to implement, track, and benchmark actions and strategies that impact human health and wellbeing. Obtaining a healthy building certification demonstrates the building’s commitment to improving the lives of residents, occupants, and the surrounding communities.
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The Fitwel Standard provides tailored scorecards for existing and new buildings and sites to optimize the unique opportunities for every project to receive the Fitwel healthy building certification—whether it’s a single-floor build-out or a large-scale development.
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A range of buildings and sites (“projects”) are eligible. Communities, commercial/industrial sites, senior housing, workplaces (multi-tenant base buildings, multi-tenant whole buildings, single tenant buildings, commercial interior spaces), retail buildings, and multifamily residential buildings are all eligible for the Fitwel Certification.
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Once the registration, benchmarking, and submission of the documents are complete, Fitwel’s Certification Team will review and provide feedback on the project within 16 weeks. Fitwel Champions and Ambassadors are eligible for expedited certification review timelines of as little as 12 week.
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A Fitwel Building or Site Certification is valid for three years.
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Beginning in November 2022, Fitwel launched a Remediation Process available for all projects after completing the Fitwel Final Review.
This new process is completely optional and provides a formal and structured pathway to improve a project’s Fitwel score and/or star rating. The Remediation Process allows project teams to submit additional documentation for strategies that have not been achieved, or attempted, during the initial project submission, within a year from Final Review completion. The process will cost $1,000 per review and cover up to 10 strategies, with Fitwel Champion and Provider companies receiving a 50% discount.
Process Guidelines
• All Fitwel Certifications (excluding Viral Response Approval) are eligible for the Remediation Process.
• Each project may use the Remediation Process 3 separate times within 1 year from the original Final Review completion date.
• Project teams may submit up to 10 different strategies in each Remediation Process.
• For the Remediation Process to be considered complete, documentation must be submitted for all strategies being considered for the review cycle. The Certification Team cannot review any documentation submitted after the Remediation Process has been initiated.
• Regardless of the number of Remediation Processes for a project, Fitwel will recognize the date of the Final Review completion as the official project certification date.
• Projects may be submitted for a Remediation Process review regardless of score or star rating achieved in the initial certification submission.
• The Remediation Process typically takes 2-4 weeks to complete.
Start the process here.
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