Understanding Fitwel: What it is and how to get certified

Earning Fitwel certification demonstrates an organisation’s commitment to occupant health and wellbeing. Key advantages include:

• Increased employee satisfaction, engagement and retention
• Enhanced recruitment appeal for top talent
• Reduced absenteeism leading to increased productivity
• Benchmarking of health performance over time
• Market differentiation to attract tenants

The flexible and affordable certification process also provides straight-forward guidelines to incrementally improve buildings through impactful design, policy and operational strategies.

Pursuing Fitwel accreditation has been designed to be straight-forward and user friendly:

1. Register the project in the online Fitwel portal.
2. Use the interactive scorecard to evaluate current health promotion strategies across the 12 sections such as location, workspace and water supply.
3. Benchmark performance to identify priority areas for improvement.
4. Make policy, design and operational enhancements to align with scorecard guidance.
5. Submit updated documentation showcasing health programs and features implemented.
6. Undergo double-blind review to receive final certification award and star rating.

The entire process generally takes 12-16 weeks, with certification then valid for three years before recertification.