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Why WELL at Scale Should be Part of Your ESG Strategy
Why we are seeing such rapid growth in ESG reporting and associated tools like GRESB and WELL at Scale, and the risk of being left behind.
Ben Channon
Sep 3, 20244 min read


Is your Office Design Improving Workplace Well-being?
Workplace well-being is an important consideration for all companies, but how many have reviewed whether the office environment is healthy?
Jade Leighton
Aug 1, 20243 min read


Why Improving Housing Design is Vital for Better Health
With growing awareness of the harmful health impacts of poorly designed housing, let's consider how to design homes that promote health.
Jade Leighton
Jun 4, 20244 min read


4 Ways the Built Environment Contributes to our Stress Levels
As a designer or developer, have you consider how environmental factors contribute to daily stress levels of your occupants?
Jade Leighton
Apr 3, 20243 min read


The Later Living Market is Perhaps the Most in Need of a Healthy Design Strategy
As the UK's ageing population increases, developers must pay attention to the quality of housing for the later living market.
William Stewart
Nov 23, 20233 min read


Enhancing your Built Environment to Promote Better Nutrition
How building design factors can noticeably increase the nutrition and nourishment habits of occupants.
Jade Leighton
Sep 8, 20234 min read


We Need to Talk About Air Quality
While we’re often not aware of it, the air quality in our buildings and homes can have a big impact on our health. Building design can help.
Ben Channon
Aug 24, 20233 min read


The BRE have Highlighted the Unhealthy Housing Problem. We have the Solution.
We have another solution to the BRE's report “The Cost of Ignoring Poor Housing” to address the current state of English housing stock.
Ekkist
Jul 12, 20234 min read


Designing with Optimism: Ekkist chat to Dame Laura Lee DBE, Chief Executive of Maggie’s
We spoke to Laura Lee (Chief Executive of Maggie’s) for an insight into their ethos and what it takes to create such special buildings.
Ben Channon
Aug 16, 202210 min read


Ekkist and Built-ID Reveal New Research on Healthy Homes
Partnering with Built-ID, we took the opportunity to ask UK communities to understand more about their views on healthy homes in 2021.
Ekkist
Jan 18, 20222 min read


Healthy Buildings for Healthy Babies
What I've learned as a new mother about how buildings and products affect our children’s health, what to avoid, and what to look out for.
Olga Turner Baker
Oct 6, 20217 min read


Ekkist and Landsec explore how we can shape our future workplaces for health and productivity
We worked with Landsec to examine the scientific evidence on the extent to which our workplaces can improve health and productivity.
Jade Leighton
Sep 15, 20212 min read
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