The Center for Active Design is thrilled 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 investment managers ever conducted, in cordination with BentallGreenOak (BGO) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).

Fitwel® announces the formal launch of its Viral Response module, with additional commitments for adoption from leading companies, including BentallGreenOak, Boston Properties, Brookfield Properties, DLC Europe, Hudson Pacific Properties, Kilroy Realty Corporation, Nuveen Real Estate, and The Tower Companies.

Racism is a long-standing trauma and a public health crisis our country has experienced throughout its history, and continues to face today. Read on for a statement from CfAD.

Developed by the U.S. CDC and built upon over 5,000 public health research studies, Fitwel provides evidence-based design and operations strategies to optimize health for buildings and developments, including responses to COVID-19. Go to Fitwel.org to find out more about how we can respond to COVID-19 in the built environment now and into the future, and continue building health for all™.

Over the past year, we’ve been aligning Assembly with Fitwel, the world’s leading certification system committed to building health for all. We’re thrilled to scale evidence-based public space strategies via a new Fitwel Community Scorecard. Now open to public use, Fitwel Community optimizes neighborhood-scale, holistic health benefits—including a robust civic life.