Fitwel Blog


Here, you'll find what you need to know from the team including insights from the Center for Active Design experts, award-winning projects, industry profiles, and more.

FITWEL CHAMPION COMPANY
Tishman Speyer
The Spiral, Manhattan, New York

Featured Posts

  • The Race to Wellness: Health is Core Business for Real Estate in 2025

    The 2025 Best in Building Health (BiBH) Awards celebrate the real estate leaders redefining success through health-focused design. This year’s winners exemplify the industry’s shift toward wellness-driven spaces, proving that prioritizing health leads to stronger communities, higher tenant demand, and long-term value. With innovations like FSP - Fitwel’s Scale Certification and the enhanced Fitwel v3 Standard, the future of real estate is healthier, more sustainable, and built for lasting impact.

  • Fitwel v3 | Empowering Teams to Achieve Certification Efficiently | Image Source: Jadon B / peopleimages.com

    Streamlining Success: Fitwel Platform Upgrades for a Faster Certification Journey

    Discover the latest upgrades to the Fitwel Platform designed to simplify your certification journey. From quicker project registration to integrated documentation tracking and new strategies addressing climate resilience, explore how these enhancements make achieving Fitwel certification faster, easier, and more efficient.

  • Fitwel® Unveils v3: Pioneering the Future of Healthy Building Certification

    Fitwel, the leading global healthy building certification and data insights platform, has released Version 3 (“v3”) of its evidence-based standard. This update translates the latest public health research to optimize real estate assets for health and quality of life, future-proof them for climate adaptation, and maximize their value.

Recent Posts

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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Healthy Building Profile: PGIM Real Estate’s 301 Congress Commits to Multi-Tenant Health & Well-Being

PGIM Real Estate’s 301 Congress, located in Austin, Texas, achieved a 2-Star Fitwel rating using the v2.1 Multi-Tenant Base Building Scorecard, exemplifying the property management team's leadership in sustainability and the prioritization of employee health and wellness within the workplace.

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South Yard Lofts Brings Neighbors and Nature Together for an Award-Winning Healthy Community

Specialized Real Estate Group’s commitment to healthy and sustainable communities comes to life at their Best in Building Health award-winning South Yard Lofts, the first mix-used space to earn a 3-Star Fitwel Rating in Arkansas.

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Why Multifamily Leader Cortland Believes in Resident-First Healthy Living

Multifamily owner and operator Cortland’s integrated business model, motivated team, and commitment to putting people’s health first in their own company and in their managed communities have earned them Best in Building Health recognition. This year, they retained the record for the Greatest Number of Viral-Response Approved Assets, showcasing their ongoing dedication to a healthy and safe built world during the pandemic and beyond.

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How Conservice is Meeting the Demand for Health & Well-Being in Real Estate

Conservice, one of the industry's leading ESG management platforms and proud Fitwel Champion, has been recognized for its far-reaching impact on community health through Fitwel Certification, thanks to a dedicated team of Fitwel Ambassadors at the helm.

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Cushman & Wakefield and SIG’s 125 Broad Street Recognized for Commitment to Employee and Occupant Wellness

125 Broad Street is an iconic 43-story skyscraper in the heart of New York City that was named Best in Building Health for its commitment to providing tenants with a healthy workplace. Read about how Cushman & Wakefield and the Fitwel Ambassadors of Sustainable Investment Group helped this award-winning healthy building stand out from the crowd.

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Top Ambassador Spotlight: Emily Frazer-Smith of Corgan Achieves Design Success

Top Fitwel Ambassador Emily Frazer-Smith’s commitment to the healthy building movement at Corgan has led to impressive achievements, including back-to-back Best in Building Health awards. These accolades were earned for the Highest Scoring Design Project of All-Time for Peloton's HQ in New York City and the Highest Scoring Multi-Tenant Design Project for VariSpace Coppell in Coppell, Texas.

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Top Ambassador Spotlight: Anne (Grzywa) Landgraf, Conservice

Conservice’s Anne (Grzywa) Landgraf was recognized as one of Fitwel’s Top Ambassadors as part of this year’s Best in Building Health awards. Anne has worked on nearly 30 Conservice projects, assisting clients in optimizing their buildings for health and well-being.

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Improving Holistic Human Health Outcomes: Lehigh University College of Health

Lehigh University's College of Health is a leader in interdisciplinary studies and research in community health, as well as innovation and technology, with the goal of improving human health outcomes. This year, Fitwel is proud to highlight its Best in Building Health achievement.

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