RICS: Redefining ‘Healthy Buildings’ and Distinguishing Health from Sustainability with Ekkist’s Managing Director, Olga Turner Baker #93

The built environment’s benefits to its occupants extend far beyond the mere structure, taking into account the decisions that help them lead healthier lives daily.

Ekkist’s Managing Director, Olga Turner Baker, joins us on The RICS Podcast to discuss the increasing awareness of healthy buildings, the benefits of diversity in teams thinking about healthy buildings, and how we articulate their benefits to those early in the profession.

This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:

• What do we mean by health & wellbeing, and a ‘healthy building’
• Articulating the benefits of healthy buildings
• How we reflect the need for health and wellbeing early in the routes into the surveying profession
• Valuation of healthy buildings, and how standards may need to evolve