Fitwel, the world’s leading healthy building certification and data insights platform, has released Version 3 (v3) of its evidence-based standard. This update represents a significant advancement in the field of healthy building design and operations.
Fitwel v3 incorporates the latest public health research to optimize real estate assets for health and quality of life, while also future-proofing them for climate adaptation and maximizing their value. The standard introduces a streamlined, efficient, and refreshed user experience, enhancing its reputation as an accessible and trusted industry tool.
Fitwel’s operator, the globally renowned non-profit Center for Active Design (CfAD), systematically updates the evidence-based standard to incorporate recent research, industry feedback, and market trends. The previous version, v2.1, launched in 2018, showcased remarkable scalability, global relevance, and adaptability across diverse asset classes. Over 2.5 billion square feet of real estate has been assessed using Fitwel, equating to almost 1 million square feet of space per day since Fitwel launched. This use of Fitwel is impacting 2.6 million people in over 50 countries, driving market transformation through a global cohort of leading real estate companies committed to building a healthier, more sustainable world.
Fitwel v3 builds on this success, offering eight distinct scorecards and collectively 140 evidence-based strategies, all rooted in over 7,000 peer-reviewed studies linking health and the built environment. Fitwel v3 introduces significant enhancements and updates, driven by an extensive analysis of new public health research and a comprehensive site-wide engineering rebuild. These improvements offer increased efficiency and scalability:
“Version 3 meets the rising demand for healthy, high-quality assets while mitigating climate risks, promoting value, and streamlining certification for efficiency,” said , Fitwel’s President and CEO. “Today we can definitively show that health, encompassed in the social pillar of ESG, is one of the greatest opportunities to future-proof assets. The updated Standard and improvements to the data-driven Fitwel Platform are designed to help real estate capitalize on these opportunities.”
Fitwel v3 introduces a new generation of technology to deliver credible data that is in high demand across the industry. “Integrating health considerations into project planning not only enhances a project’s marketability and long-term viability but also empowers user to make informed, data-driven decisions that optimize both health outcomes and financial returns,” said , Fitwel’s Executive Vice President of Market Growth. “Fitwel is widely recognized as a trusted partner providing a critical component to sound investing.”
Demonstrating value for the real estate industry is now a distinct attribute of Fitwel products. In addition to updating its strategy library to include timely climate adaptation-related strategies in v3, Fitwel recently announced plans for a new product–Social PerformanceTM–to substantiate ‘S’ data for real estate. This addresses the growing demand from investors and forthcoming regulations for a rigorous, standardized approach to integrate Social metrics, including health and wellbeing measures, into ESG reporting. When used together, Social Performance and asset certifications, including those from v3, will provide the industry with a method for evaluating the social performance of 100% of buildings.
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