Buildings + Interiors
The rating system for new construction, renovations, and interior fit-outs. Measure social equity across every dimension of how a project is designed, built, and brought to life, from the initial design decisions to the people involved in construction and the communities affected by both.
Developers
For construction projects where you assume full developer responsibilities: project ownership, vision establishment, financing procurement, construction supervision, landlord duties, and tenant leasing management. This includes ground-up construction, tear-downs, major renovations, and projects on previously developed sites.
Start project → B+I:Occupiers
For construction projects where you are a tenant or property owner with no landlord duties or control over tenant leasing. This covers interior fit-outs, tenant improvements, and situations where you're improving a space but don't control the broader building operations.
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Planning & Assessment
Understand your project's social context before construction begins. Document who your project affects, establish community baselines, map your value chain, and design engagement plans that reflect the specific needs of your location.
Governance & Team Training
Embed social responsibility into project management through team education, site-specific policies, alignment with recognized frameworks, and transparent public communication about your commitments and progress.
Inclusive Design & Materials
Create spaces that work for everyone through accessible design, ethical material sourcing, biophilic elements, and design decisions that center the voices of historically excluded communities.
Construction & Labor Practices
Set clear standards for how people are treated during construction. This covers fair wages, worker safety protocols, inclusive hiring practices, and decent working conditions for everyone on site.
Community & Economic Benefits
Generate economic opportunity that reaches beyond your immediate project team. Address displacement prevention, promote local employment, structure inclusive tenant agreements, and ensure your project creates broader community benefit.
Health & Environmental Quality
Protect and promote the physical and mental wellbeing of future occupants through indoor air quality standards, thermal comfort, natural lighting, and environmental features that support long-term health.
Who it’s for
Built for the teams that shape our spaces
The Buildings + Interiors track is designed for everyone who has a hand in how a new project comes to life, from the developers who set the vision to the architects and designers who execute it, and the capital providers who make it possible.
Developers + Owners
Set project requirements that embed equity into every phase of design and construction.
Architects
Use a rigorous framework to translate equity goals into spatial design decisions and material selections.
Interior Designers
Design fit-outs that serve the health, comfort, and dignity of every occupant who uses the space.
Capital Providers
Align investment decisions with a structured social equity framework and support projects that can demonstrate measurable outcomes for people and communities.
Bronze
Foundational commitment. The project meets baseline requirements across all four pillars, with a primary focus on identifying and avoiding harm to the people it affects.
Silver
Meaningful progress. The project goes beyond baseline in multiple areas and demonstrates documented outcomes that measurably benefit the people and communities it serves.
Gold
Active leadership. The project achieves high performance across all pillars, with innovative approaches that actively contribute to more equitable outcomes in procurement, the workplace, the community, and the supply chain.
Platinum
Industry benchmark. The project sets a standard for what social equity in the built environment can look like, with transformative, documented contributions to solutions that extend beyond the project itself.
Ready to build something that works for everyone it touches?
Register your project today or download the Standard to explore the Buildings + Interiors framework.