For many years, ULI and its members have been active players in discussions and projects that make the link between health and wellness, and real estate and development. More recently, research and reports have been released by ULI that explicitly feature connections between the design of our built environments and health.

Explore the local resources below to see what we have learned through the years and what we are continuing to learn about these connections.

Design
24 No Brainers for Greening Your Architecture Project
AIA Best Practices: Basic No-Cost Green Building_Strategies

Economics
Benefits of Green Buildings
GBFC Glossary of Words and Phrases
Cost and Benefits of LEED-NC in Colorado
Green Value Summary

Operations
HOK Greening on a Shoestring
Procedure for Measuring and Reporting Commercial Building_Energy Performance

Articles of interest:

10 Principles for Building Healthy Places
Healthy General Plans Toolkit
How the spaces around us dictate our health_Opinion _ The Seattle Times