Why Office Owners Need to Focus on Wellness

Kuntz: “Being proactive and showing that you’re committed to creating the right environment for your tenants creates trust.”

BROOKLYN, NY—We are just beginning to crack the surface of understanding how the indoor environment truly affects people, which is directly related to office productivity and tenant satisfaction, experts from NAIOP and the Global Workspace Association’s (GWA) The Office Evolution conference tell GlobeSt.com. The collaboration brings together two organizations for one landmark event, exploring a diverse range of topics and trends related to the office sector, from flex space to well buildings to the future of financing, and will offer attendees unprecedented access to developers, space operators, providers and more.

Charlie Kuntz, managing director and innovation officer for Hines, and Dana Pillai, president of Delos Labs and executive director of Well Living Lab, will speak on the panel “Why Wellness Buildings Thrive—Not Just Survive” during The Office Evolution conference here Nov. 9-10. We chatted with them about how the indoor environment—including air quality, thermal comfort, light, acoustics, density and other factors—affects stress, sleep and well-being, and what developers and property owners need to know in order to provide an optimal indoor environment for tenants.