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Sydney
46%
Vienna
46%
Seoul
27%
Shenzhen
45%
Montréal
15%
San Francisco
14%
Brussels
19%
Madrid
35%
London
47%
Wellbeing
Although still in its beta phase, the
fitwel healthy building standard has
159 current projects globally, with
over 600 projects committed until the
end of 2018. At the time of writing,
there is just one fitwel building in
London – Integral Group’s 6,000 sq
ft retrofitted space at 80 Cheapside-
which is the first non-US fitwel facility.
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Most trips in Greater London are
made on foot, with 5.5 million walking
trips made in 2015/16. Walking
accounted for most daily trips in Inner
London (36%) but the car was the
mode of choice in Outer London (32%
compared with 25% on foot)
In 2015/16, an estimated 4.5 million
car trips were made in Greater
London, an increase on the previous
year when 4.4 million car trips were
made. The average car trip was 4.1
km, down from 4.5 km in 2014/15.
Walk 30%
Car driver 26%
Bus / tram 15%
Car passenger 13%
Underground / DLR 8%
National Rail 5%
Cycle 2%
Taxi / other 1%
Motorcycle 0%
Source: London Travel Demand Survey
(LTDS)
Source: World Cities Cultural Report
London is one of the greenest
cities in the world. According to
Greenspace Information for Greater
London (GIGL), roughly 47% of the
city is green, of this 5.77% of Greater
London is designated as Parks and
Gardens.
% of Public
Green Space
63
WELL Accredited
Professionals in the UK
1.22m
sq ft of WELL-certified office
space in central London
159
Fitwel buildings
globally
Greater London –
Modes of Transport
According to the International WELL
Building Institute website, there are
63 WELL Accredited Professionals in
the UK – 24 of which are in London
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22 Bishopsgate will be the UK’s first
WELL-certified new building project,
in addition to Cundall’s office at One
Carter Lane, which was the first office
space in Europe to achieve the WELL
building standard. This will bring the
total amount of WELL-certified office
space in Central London to 1.22m sq ft,
accounting for 0.46% of total office
stock.
Although
still in its
beta phase,
the Fitwel
healthy
building
standard has
159 current
projects
globally,
with over
600 projects
committed
until the end
of 2018
The CIPD Absence
Management Survey
shows that just 1 in 10
companies in the UK
have a standalone well-
being strategy
1%
2%
5%
8%
13%
15%
26%
30%
Average from 2005 - 2016
CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
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LONDON IN FIGURES