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Health and productivity: A question of risk?
Corporate Real Estate Journal,
4
(3),
216-222
(2015)
Abstract
The health, wellbeing and productivity agenda is becoming of central importance for the real estate sector. Evidence is growing of the impact of building design and management on the performance of users, although until recently this has not translated into the decisions of investors, developers and occupiers. In large part, this has been because of the difficulty of demonstrating the business case for an individual organisation; however, thanks to a high-level framework proposed by the World Green Building Council, this situation is set to change.
Keywords: health; wellbeing; productivity; sustainability; metrics; business case
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Author's Biography
Richard Francis is Founder and Principal of The Monomoy Company. His work focuses on how personal technology is disrupting the built environment and creating new markets and services for sustainable forward thinkers. He helped deliver the World Green Building Council’s (WorldGBC) landmark report on healthy offices in 2014. He was Chair of the UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) Working Group, the body that developed the highly-regarded Metrics Framework. Following this project, Richard was asked to be a member of the WorldGBC Steering Committee, where he helped create the blueprint for the Better Places for People campaign. He led the global team that delivered the ‘Health, Wellbeing & Productivity in Retail’ report in 2016. Richard has been retained by WorldGBC to develop strategic partnerships and projects. He helped create and lead the UKGBC Wellbeing Lab for Offices and is now co-chairing the Wellbeing Lab for Retail. Richard undertakes innovative projects with companies and organisations of all sizes to anticipate and accelerate demand for healthy and sustainable products, services and environments. His multi-disciplinary approach combines insights and lessons from sustainability, technology and consumer research.
