Center for Active Design®

BREEAM USA and Fitwel identify credits that will be recognized by both organizations

Posted by PRISM | Nov 8, 2017 | 0 |

The Center for Active Design (CfAD) and BRE America announced a crosswalk between the Fitwel Certification System and the BREEAM USA In-Use standard, developing a straightforward and cost-efficient process for projects pursuing both certifications. Under the agreement, the organizations have mutually identified specific documented credits that will be recognized by both organizations, saving project teams the time and costs associated with developing certification documentation twice.

WSP uses the Fitwel Certification System, Advancing Healthy Workplaces Globally

Posted by PRISM | Oct 12, 2017 | 0 |

The Center for Active Design today announces WSP, a leading globally recognized professional services firm, as a committed Fitwel Champion.

The Center for Active Design announces a global partnership with GRESB

Posted by PRISM | Sep 18, 2017 | 0 |

The Center for Active Design (CfAD) announces a partnership with the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) benchmark for real estate assets.

CfAD Excellence Awards showcase active design influence on projects around the world

Posted by PRISM | Aug 16, 2017 | 0 |

The CfAD’s fourth annual Center for Active Design: Excellence awards recognize compelling research and design projects that cultivate health by promoting physical activity, mental health, and civic trust. This year’s Thought Leadership award recognizes Dr. James Sallis for his pivotal work to expand and disseminate research on the built environment and health.

Center for Active Design releases first study to examine specific community design features that influence civic life

Posted by PRISM | Jun 23, 2017 | 0 |

The Center for Active Design (CfAD) published original research from the Assembly Civic Engagement Survey (ACES), the first study to examine specific community design features that influence civic life, using large-sample survey methods and visual experiments.

BOMA Canada and Fitwel join forces to promote health in existing buildings

Posted by PRISM | Jun 16, 2017 | 0 |

The Center for Active Design announced a groundbreaking strategic partnership with BOMA Canada and Fitwel.

Submission period opens for Center for Active Design: Excellence Awards

Posted by PRISM | Apr 17, 2017 | 0 |

The Center for Active Design® (CfAD) has opened submissions for its fourth annual Excellence awards, an international competition that celebrates the transformative role of design in creating healthy communities. Winning projects are recognized as part of the growing Active Design movement using evidence-based design to foster community health.

Integral Group leads the way with the first Fitwel Certified workplace in Europe

Posted by PRISM | Apr 3, 2017 | 0 |

Integral Group has certified their London, UK office under Fitwel, becoming the first Fitwel certified workplace outside of North America. Fitwel is a third-party certification system designed to help organizations enhance health, wellbeing and productivity in the workplace. Integral Group became an official Fitwel Champion only six weeks ago, and already has a dozen Fitwel Ambassadors trained on the evidence-based connection between design and health.

Health and Housing Policy Recommendations for New Administration

Posted by PRISM | Jan 27, 2017 | 0 |

Home and personal well-being go hand in hand, according to a new policy brief that highlights a direct relationship between the design of affordable housing that promotes resident health and potential cost savings for developers, tenants, and public and private health providers. Leaders in the health and development community highlighted this positive ROI in a letter this week to new Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson, M.D.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. becomes first REIT to be named First-in-Class Fitwel Champion

Posted by PRISM | Nov 22, 2016 | 0 |

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), a real estate investment trust (REIT) uniquely focused on world-class collaborative science and technology campuses in urban innovation clusters, today announced that it has become the first and only REIT to be named a “First-in-Class Fitwel Champion.”

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BREEAM USA and Fitwel identify credits that will be recognized by both organizations

WSP uses the Fitwel Certification System, Advancing Healthy Workplaces Globally

The Center for Active Design announces a global partnership with GRESB

CfAD Excellence Awards showcase active design influence on projects around the world

Center for Active Design releases first study to examine specific community design features that influence civic life

BOMA Canada and Fitwel join forces to promote health in existing buildings

Submission period opens for Center for Active Design: Excellence Awards

Integral Group leads the way with the first Fitwel Certified workplace in Europe

Health and Housing Policy Recommendations for New Administration

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. becomes first REIT to be named First-in-Class Fitwel Champion

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