How We Responded to COVID-19

HOW WE RESPONDED TO COVID-19

HAWAII HEALTHY BUILDING EXPERTS ACTION GROUP (HHBE)

HHBE is headed by two companies Great Places & Spaces LLC and hi•arch•y LLP, both based in Honolulu and formed by long-term Hawaii residents who have been collaborating on helping building owners generate direct and measurable economic returns through design solutions for workplace environments since 2019. Both teams are led by principals who were early proponents of workplace health and wellness benefits and the leading professionals to obtain WELL credentialing in 2016.

Please find below useful links and information collected by HHBE to help address the need to facilitate healthy choices for your built environment. In an effort to respond to the C-19 pandemic, our team has pivoted to utilize our expertise related to health and wellness in the built environment to help others make informed decisions in an ever-changing built environment landscape.

CLICK HERE to view our latest Workplace Wellness Presentation (launched May 4, 2020)

CLICK HERE to view our Workplace Wellness Presentation for NAIOP +ULI Virtual Talk Stories (May 21, 2020)

6 STEPS TO MAKE YOUR WORKPLACE SAFER - NOW

C-19 HEALTH & WELLNESS NEWSLETTERS

WHITEPAPERS / POSITION STATEMENTS

THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT

A quick note about the information our team has collected and the differences between Scientific Whitepapers vs Commercial Whitepapers vs. Opinion Statements…. In general terms, a scientific whitepaper is usually a professionally authored document where the authors stand behind their work and address any issues or errors through months…if not years of peer review questioning. Commercial whitepapers on the other hand are typically commissioned papers paid for by a corporation to support their perspective, while an opinion statement is just that…an opinion. For every whitepaper our team has shared, we have probably read 2 or 3 on the same topic that we didn’t include. The issue we all have currently however, is SARS- CoV-2 is a new virus and while the scientific community is learning more every day, much of the info has not been published long enough to offer full peer review engagement. To that end, we share the attached with this understanding as a benefit to our partners in the built environment so they can access, process and make good decisions of their own. Ultimately the science related to this virus and how it affects our built environment will undoubtedly change. With that said, we offer the following so our partners can reference sourced scientific info as opposed to public speculation as they make their own decisions for their respective places of work.

USEFUL LINKS FOR OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT PARTNERS

International Level:

National Level:

Local Level- State & County Policies & Vaccination Info:

Local Level – Organizations:

• Dept. Human Services: Resources for Individuals and Families Amid COVID-19

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