Climate change. Or a rapidly changing climate. Or, it’s almost 2030 (no, really).
I recently had the privilege of attending AIA Seattle’s Honor Awards and climate change and the associated issues were a common thread throughout the conversations, presentations and acceptance speeches. A big thank you goes out to AIA Seattle staff, volunteers, and committee members for putting on an excellent event. And I am so thrilled to be an Honorary AIA (and you bet I added that to every email signature, LinkedIn profile, social media platform, etc.). I would highly encourage you to check out the other individual and project award winners, so you can share in the inspiration!
Let’s also talk about healthy buildings.
Folks who know me, have worked with me, have taken one of my classes, or have generally spent any time around me know that I talk about healthy buildings a lot. And I’m not the only one: check out this graph from The International WELL Building Institute, which outlines the exponential growth of The WELL Building Standard. Healthy buildings are not a trend, they are, among other things, an effective risk management strategy.
Image courtesy of The International WELL Building Institute
If you are looking for an introduction to healthy buildings (I am often asked for a 101 version), I recommend this episode of The Weekly Take by CBRE, entitled “The Air That I Breathe: The Business Case for Healthy Buildings,” featuring two of the leading researchers from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The second version of the WELL Building Standard launched last year, which means there is a new version of the WELL Accredited Professional Exam. If you want to learn more, check out our latest blog post and learn more about our next series of online courses, launching in early 2022!
And for the lawyers in the room…
I will be presenting during the Seminar Group’s Annual CLE Bootcamp, on The Business Case for a More Sustainable Practice. This is the perfect opportunity to get caught up on your continuing education credits and (you guessed it), I’ll be talking about Healthy Buildings! Click the button below to learn more and email me for a discount code, nicole@sustainablestrategiespllc.com.
