Posts Tagged ‘health and wellbeing’
Reconnecting
Suffice to say, it’s been a bizarre two years. It’s almost surreal now to be coming out of the pandemic and slowly making our way back to the office. After so much time working from home, it’s natural that a lot of staff were hesitant to come back in. That’s where our Health and Wellness…
Read MoreA Quick Introduction to Social Value
Social value has been a theme for governments and businesses for the last decade. As something that started life as a means of trying to assure positive local outcomes for projects where public money was being spent, for example for a construction company commissioned to build a school, it has evolved into a broader concept…
Read MoreCOP26: A Summary
What is a COP? A Conference of the Parties (COP) is an annual meeting of the signatories to a UN convention – an agreement to co-operate to tackle a global challenge. In the case of climate change, there are almost 200 states who have signed the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) since its…
Read MoreNature: the next challenge for sustainable finance?
If there is one thing we’ve learnt from spending more time inside our homes over the last year, courtesy of these ‘unprecedented circumstances’, it is the importance of spending time outside. The natural environment is a key part of our built environment. Access to green space has never been so desirable. And in our cities,…
Read MoreHuman-Centric Metrics in Sustainability: What can EVORA do for our people and communities?
By Lucy Curtis and Emily Day Over a year has passed since the pandemic hit the UK and our workplaces changed dramatically. Increased homeworking has led to a heightened consciousness of the social impact that EVORA, as a company, can have on its people. The past year has given us countless reasons for our health…
Read MoreDesigning Buildings with Women in Mind
Gender perspectives on building design and operation; what does ‘designing a building with women in mind’ actually look like? March 8th is a special day for everyone – not just for women – to acknowledge the incredible strides being made and highlight the continued hinderances to gender equality. This International Women’s Day, I’d like to…
Read MoreWhat is a better place, for people?
The current World GBC Health & Wellbeing Framework has been in the making for many years now but there is no doubt that living in the midst of a global pandemic has focused our minds on what both places, and better, means for us as a species. The first essential question is what is ‘place’?…
Read MoreHelpful Tips on Staying Well while Working from Home
Humans are social beings and being isolated for an extended period of time can affect mental health and wellbeing. Working from home is often comfortable and helpful when it is on an ad hoc basis. In the current, unprecedented times however, working from home could become unexpectedly stressful. This short page is aimed at providing…
Read MoreEVORA supports Schroder Real Estate Investment Management (SREIM) to achieve the first ‘Fitwel for Workplace: Multi-Tenant Whole Building’ Certification in Europe
The Schroder UK Real Estate Fund office asset, Battersea Studio 1, was officially awarded the first ‘Fitwel for Workplace: Multi-Tenant Whole Building’Certification in Europe. As official Fitwel Ambassadors, EVORA supported in the completion of the assessment. As a ‘Whole Building’ assessment, the Fitwel certification applies to the entire asset and all building users (including tenants),…
Read MoreSocial Value Part 1: What is social value?
Social Value is the quantification of positive public benefits and outcomes. It originates from a collection of principles aiming to improve health, wellbeing, quality of life, and communities[1]. Social Value is considered in a variety of industry sectors, but recent uptake in the built environment has been sharp, and the future is focused on developing…
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