AFI Europe Romania announced today that its entire office portfolio, consisting of 7 Class A office projects – AFI Park 1-5, AFI Tech Park, AFI Victoriei Plaza, AFI Park Floreasca, AFI Lakeview, AFI Park Brasov and AFI Park Timisoara received the WELL Health-Safety Certification from The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI).
“The trend of returning to the office among tenants is becoming clearer every passing day. As market leaders, it is our responsibility to offer our tenants and business partners the golden standard for safety and comfort. Therefore, we are constantly concern, improving the work environment provided in our office projects. This certification obtained for the entire Romanian office portfolio is the proof that our efforts are getting the best results and we are able to provide a health and safety work environment to all our tenants”, says Emma Toma – Head of Office Division, AFI Europe Romania.
WELL Health – Safety matters was created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and consists of operational interventions that can be made to help mitigate its spread across five key themes: Cleaning and sanitization procedures, Emergency preparedness programs, Stakeholder engagement and communication, Health service resources and Air and water quality management.
To support this program, AFI Europe implemented the Global Plasma Solutions air system (GPS), since it is proven that poor air quality impairs our function and performance to a level of 40%. GPS is using Needlepoint bi-polar ionization technology, a patented method enabling highly efficient air purification. The upgrade has been introduced to all the group’s buildings over Europe, including Romania, and pioneered the first modern air purification system through ionization.
“The WELL Health Safety Rating earned for the entire AFI Europe office portfolio complements the green certifications already awarded for these buildings and lend towards obtaining measurable data regarding building performance and occupant health and safety simultaneously. Achieving WELL Health-Safety demonstrates AFI Europe commitment to the health and wellbeing of people – keeping both tenants and building management staff safe and healthy, while providing a great office space experience”, adds Oana Stamatin, ESG Chief Officer CEE & Romania within Colliers.