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Never Waste a Crisis - How the Events of 2020 Can Strengthen Your ESG Program
Are you actively working on an ESG program, or considering one? There are two high-stakes issues that companies big and small, near and far, are tackling in virtual boardrooms: COVID-19 response and social justice. The stakes with these issues are…
How Are You Doing? Self-Care and Personal Resiliency Take Center Stage in the Wellness Conversation
While you might be more accustomed to our posts focusing on the built environment, this post is about self-care and resilience at the personal level. We recently hit some major milestones in the U.S. – the CDC announced that over…
Social Responsibility is Your Not-So-Secret Weapon in the Talent War
We’ve been talking about the talent war for a while, and CEOs are starting to show battle scars. The supply of talent is shifting geographically and many workers are reevaluating their career plans just as demand for talent is increasing.…
The Rising Demand for Healthy Buildings, Quantified
The Center for Active Design recently released a study, A New Investor Consensus, The Rising Demand for Healthy Buildings, which set out to determine the impact of COVID-19 on demand for healthy buildings internationally. The research by the Center for…
Four Reasons to Swap your DIY COVID Strategy for a Third-Party Framework
Are you planning to patch together a DIY approach to COVID-readiness? We are inching closer to a post-lockdown world, and real estate operators want their spaces to be safe and healthy. There’s a lot of information out there about limiting…
Six Lessons Learned from our First Fitwel Viral Response Module Certification
There’s what you know you know, what you know you don’t know, and what you don’t know you don’t know. Our team was as prepared and confident going into our first Fitwel Viral Response Module certification as a team can…
Meridian Group Earns Nation's Highest Rating for Fitwel Viral Response Certification
Press release from Meridan Group, released January 14, 2021: Bethesda firm achieves an unprecedented score of 99 out of 100 for its efforts to advance innovative health and wellness initiatives at its DC-area buildings. 1901 L Street in Washington DC After…
COVID | Leadership | Wellness
WELL Health Safety Rating: A Closer Look at the Indoor Air Quality Requirements
In this post, we are taking a closer look at the WELL Health Safety Rating air quality guidelines. We are entering a serious phase of the COVID-19 response with cities coast-to-coast enacting emergency orders to limit spread. The good news…
Fitwel Viral Response Module: A Closer Look at the Enhanced Indoor Air Quality Policy Requirements
In this post, we are taking a closer look at a Fitwel Viral Response prerequisite (called a mandatory requirement in Fitwel) addressing air quality. According to the CDC, COVID-19 is thought to spread mainly through close person-to-person contact. However, there…
Five Tips When Designing for Daylight
Designing for daylight is a complex process of balancing the use of available natural light with artificial light through the use of daylighting systems such as architecture, responsive lighting solutions, and daylight/shading devices. According to the International WELL Building Institute,…