By Grey Lee
I always have great conversations and learn a ton. Especially now with the work we're doing related to the Living Product Challenge and the WELL standard, it's exciting to have such a critical mass here in the Boston area. Our community is leading the charge to improve the built environment!
What can we do to improve the effects of buildings on human health? Many employers are starting to explore this situation in order to attract and retain the best talent. Public health studies have identified the ways buildings and workplace design affect productivity and influence a brand. People don't want to be in a building that brings them down or makes them sick. People want to avoid repetitive stress injuries and the effects of long-term exposure to low-level toxins. We can make a difference.
Each year this Summit program to follow advances in the science of buildings and occupant health. Beyond ratings systems, we raise the conversation around wellness and the built environment. Is your organization tuning in to this? Do you have something to demonstrate?
I think you should come out for this one. Join us on 10/26 for a great program.
You can register here for the Healthy Materials Summit 2016.
Global Head of Sustainability, Superior Essex
Sustainability Director, Steven Winter Associates
PE | Associate, LeMessurier
Vice President, AEW’s Architecture & Engineering group
Interior Designer, Jacobs, Boston
Senior Vice President, Market Transformation and Development U.S. Green Building Council
AIA LEED AP BD+C | Senior Associate, Gensler Boston 
LEED Fellow, WELL AP | Founder and Principal, Ecoworks Studio
AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP
LEED AP BD+C | Environmental Sustainability Manager, Armstrong World Industries
Assistant Professor of Exposure Science | Director of the Healthy Buildings program
Managing Director, Harvard University Office for Sustainability
Principal & Director of Certifications and Consulting, Epsten Group, Inc.
Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Jamestown
Director of Sustainability Programs, DASNY | LEED AP BD+C
Associate Principal, BuroHappold Engineering
Senior Vice President, Sustainability at Kilroy Realty Corporation
Co-Founder, Facilitator at The Laurentia Project | LEED AP BD+C, LFA
Vice President of Sustainable Development, Shaw
Founder and President, Board of the Healthy Building Network
Building Technology Director, Kingspan North America
LEED® AP ID+C, BD+C, USGBC Faculty, WELL® AP, WELL Faculty and Fitwel Ambassador
Workplace Strategy Expert and Researcher, EYP
Principal, Integrated Ecostrategy
Senior Vice President, International WELL Building Institute
Principal, Bruner/Cott
Architect, Associate, and Sustainability Design Leader, Stantec Architecture and Engineering
FAIA, LEED Fellow, Long Green Specs
Products & Materials Specialist, BuildingGreen
Director of Acquisitions and Development
Director of Restorative Enterprise, Interface
Sustainability Manager, Consigli Construction Company