Fitwel certifications throughout BXP’s portfolio contributed to the REIT exceeding its objective of getting 87% of constructing sq. footage licensed underneath ENERGY STAR, LEED, and Fitwel by 2025. Certifications throughout 96% of the REIT’s portfolio in 2024 are driving enterprise worth, supporting a sustainability-linked pricing part added to BXP’s Credit score Facility in 2021.
This management extends to the person stage, with BXP’s Katie Gonzalez, sustainability supervisor, reporting & certifications, acknowledged amongst Fitwel’s 2026 Prime Ambassadors.
Alexandria Actual Property Equities, Inc acquired the Fitwel Innovation Award for portfolio-wide technique–star certification. Alexandria was acknowledged for changing into the primary group to undertake Fitwel’s portfolio-wide technique utilizing Fitwel’s Star Certification Pathway— enabling the applying of pre-approved well being insurance policies throughout initiatives by means of Fitwel certification, driving consistency, effectivity, and business-aligned impression.
“As we announce the 2026 Greatest in Constructing Well being winners, I’m struck by how far this motion has come. What started as a push to combine well being into particular person buildings has developed into one thing way more highly effective: well being at scale,” famous Joanna Frank, president and CEO of the Middle for Energetic Design and Energetic Design Advisors, Inc. (Adai), in her Congratulatory Letter.
“This yr’s winners exhibit that prioritizing well being is not a differentiator reserved for early adopters, it’s a defining attribute of market management. Throughout areas, asset varieties, and portfolios, well being is being embedded into core enterprise technique. The dialog has shifted from why well being issues to how shortly organizations can scale it,” she added.
Well being is not a characteristic—it’s a core part of long-term actual property technique and portfolio efficiency.
