On September 22, 2026, the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air launched the Global Framework for Action: Advancing Healthy Indoor Air through Societal Engagement and Market Transformation in New York City. The framework is a roadmap developed by more than 200 commissioners across more than 40 countries, with nine levers of market transformation, 40 strategic focus areas, and nearly 180 recommendations.
The goal is to make healthy indoor air expected, measured, valued, financed, governed, and maintained at scale.
Stephanie Beaumont represented BEE at the launch event, joining commissioners, public health leaders, building practitioners, and policy specialists who have spent the past year shaping the framework. Indoor air quality has long sat at the intersection of building performance and human health. The commission’s work is an attempt to move it from a technical specialty to a recognized public health and market priority.
For BEE, the framework connects directly to the work we do across certifications, building engineering, and sustainability strategy. The buildings we design and operate are the environments where people spend most of their time. The way those buildings ventilate, filter, monitor, and maintain indoor air has measurable consequences for health, productivity, and energy use. The commission’s recommendations touch standards-setting, finance, research, governance, and public engagement, all areas where the building industry will need practical implementation expertise.
At the reception, Stephanie met with Rick Fedrizzi, Chairman of the International WELL Building Institute, and Jason Hartke, Secretariat of the Global Commission on Healthy Indoor Air.
BEE’s participation in the commission reflects a simple principle: the technical decisions made inside buildings should support the people who use them. The Global Framework for Action is a starting point for coordinated work across sectors and borders. The next step is turning those recommendations into built reality.
