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🚀 Exciting News from Ekkist! 🚀 We’ve launched a brand-new website 🎉 At Ekkist, we’re on a mission to help clients create spaces that truly enhance health and well-being, and our updated site is a reflection of that commitment. What’s new? > A fresh, user-friendly design that makes it easier than ever to explore our services and approach. > A comprehensive catalogue of our services; from third party certification including the WELL Building Standard, Fitwel and HQM, to our own bespoke frameworks, to ESG strategy services and thought leadership offerings. > A new Projects section, showcasing 30 inspiring projects that highlight our work across a variety of use classes and advisory roles. 💡 Whether you’re looking to create healthier spaces or need expert advice for your next project, our team of specialist consultants is here to support you from conception to delivery. Take a look around the new site, let us know your thoughts and please do share if you think others would be interested to find out more about our work. 👉 Visit us now: https://www.ekkist.co/ #WebsiteLaunch #HealthyBuildings #Wellbeing #BuiltEnvironment #BuildingBetterSpaces #WELLAPs #WELLBuildingStandard #WellbeingConsultants

Huge congratulations to the three winners of UK Construction Week’s Role Model awards! 👏 It was an absolute privilege to have made the shortlist alongside so many talented people in the industry! Thanks again to Olga Turner Baker MRICS WELL AP and Ekkist for nominating me and always championing my work!

Looking for a new role? We’re excited to be #hiring a new Health and Well-being Consultant (WELL AP) to join our wonderful team. If you’ve already been working with the WELL Building Standard and are looking for an opportunity to help developers create truly quality developments that support the health and well-being of their occupants, this opportunity could be for you. It’s also a remote role (with some exceptions) and a strong focus on work-life balance. #WELLap #designforwellbeing #healthybuildings #jobopportunity

We're passionate about improving the quality of people's lives by improving the buildings that they spend their lives in. Typically, we do this through advising developers and designers on how to make healthy spaces. Now we're moving towards supporting HR departments and companies in making improvements to workspaces for healthier, happier and more efficient employees. This week, we've written an article featured on the front page of Make A Difference Summits website that explores the relationship between office design and staff well-being. We see far too many examples of companies offering a number of 'perks' but making staff work in poorly lit, poorly ventilated spaces without anywhere to eat their lunch away from their desks. If this sounds familiar, we are now offering office health review services to help companies improve the design of their spaces to support workplace well-being. Click the link to read the article and let us know your thoughts in the comments. #healthyoffices #healthyofficedesign #workplacewellbeing #workplacewellbeingsupport #increasingproductivity

Thanks for sharing Richard Le Sueur 🙏🏼

The environment that we exist in is critical to our health and well-being. I provide Nutrition and Lifestyle talks for companies as part of their workplace well-being initiatives, but often, the quality of the office environment where the employees are spending their days has been overlooked. At Ekkist, we are specialists in optimising the built environment to get the best out of your people and support their optimal health. This is something I have written about in this recent guest blog for Altruist Enterprises. If you're interested in having a health review of your office from evidence-based experts, please get in touch. #designforwellbeing #healthyofficedesign #healthandthebuiltenvironment #healthybuildingspecialists #officedesign

We're riding high this week as the summer heat is here and we've just found out that we have been shortlisted for an award in the RICS National Awards 2024. 🥂 We'll find out if we've won the award for Outstanding contribution to surveying by an SME in October, but for now, we're thrilled to have made the shortlist. 🙏 #ricsnationalawards #shortlisted #healthybuildings #consultancy #announcement

Very excited to announce that our WELL Precertified (and targeting WELL Platinum) project 11 Belgrave Road has been shortlisted for the #GameChangingInnovation Award in the Global Good Awards! A great example of a project that is healthy for both people and planet.

Yesterday Ekkist Director Ben Channon appeared on Singapore news channel CNA, speaking about healthy urban design, with the World Cities Summit being held there this week. Appearing alongside architect Michael Leong, DCEO at SAA Architects Pte Ltd, the interview explored how urban design impacts mental well-being, and how dense cities can maximise better health for their residents. #wellbeing #urbandesign #healthycities https://lnkd.in/ecBvr_av

The elephant in the room when it comes to the ‘workplace well-being’ sector? The room itself.   We’re living through a global health crisis from which we have seen a much-needed focus on workplace well-being services across companies of all sizes. But how much of an impact are the current programmes and benefits actually having on the day-to-day lives of the employees within these organisations, vs the design of the spaces themselves?    From our perspective, there is one key piece of the puzzle that is largely being overlooked that has a significant impact on the health and well-being of employees: the physical environment within which they are working. With disengaged staff costing businesses £340 bn a year, and around 72% of employees not wanting to spend their full working week in the office, assessing the health-benefits of the physical office environment should be at the top of companies’ agendas.    The evidence shows how improving the physical environment of the office can improve staff mental and physical health but this hasn’t yet been part of the workplace well-being remit, until now. Our new Office Health Review service is here to provide you with expert guidance to assess and enhance your workspace to benefit staff productivity, retention, health and well-being.   Read more about it in our latest article: https://lnkd.in/eDidprfD #workplace #design #health #wellbeing #designforwellbeing #productivity #HR