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Innsbruck 1976 Turns 50: A Lasting Legacy of Olympic Excellence

Today marks 50 years since the start of the Innsbruck 1976 Olympic Winter Games. Half a century on, as the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games are about to begin, the legacy-driven approach taken by Innsbruck in 1976 is more relevant than ever. By prioritising existing venues, upgrading where it mattered most and aligning investment with long-term community needs, Innsbruck set a benchmark for a more sustainable Olympic delivery that continues to resonate today.

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Key facts

  • Innsbruck hosted the XII Olympic Winter Games from 4 to 15 February 1976, after the host role was reassigned by the IOC in 1973.
  • All nine competition venues used in 1976 remain in use today, supporting a year-round calendar of sport and events across the Tirol region.
  • The Olympic Village (O-Dorf) remains a lived-in district and continues to be modernised, including through resident-led climate-adaptation projects such as the COOLYMP public-space redesign.

Today, the Innsbruck 1976 Olympic Winter Games remain closely woven into the region’s identity. Competition and training venues continue to host local and international events, the Olympic Village is a vibrant neighbourhood, volunteering remains a defining community strength, and Tirol’s winter sports expertise continues to support major events.

Games shaped by readiness

After successfully hosting the 1964 Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck welcomed the Games again just 12 years later under exceptional circumstances. When the original host city withdrew, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded the 1976 Games to Innsbruck in 1973, which meant organisers faced an accelerated planning cycle.

Local accounts of the period describe a commitment to delivering “simple” Games, grounded in the use of existing infrastructure, targeted modernisation and investment decisions shaped by long-term community use. That approach translated into focused upgrades across the venue network. The Bergisel ski jumps were adapted, ice facilities modernised and new infrastructure added where required, including a combined and refrigerated bobsleigh and luge track in Igls. The venue has continued to host World Cup stages almost every year since 1976.

The Olympic Village: a legacy you can live in

No legacy is more tangible than the Olympic Village, known locally as the “O-Dorf”, which was built for the 1964 Olympic Winter Games and conceived for long-term residential use from the outset. The first phase opened in January 1964 with eight high-rise buildings and 689 flats, helping to expand housing supply in Innsbruck.

When Innsbruck was awarded the Games again, the district was expanded. The foundation stone for a second phase was laid in May 1973, adding a further 642 flats alongside community facilities, including a school and an indoor swimming pool.

That legacy continues to evolve. In June 2025, DDr.-Alois-Lugger-Platz, one of the main public spaces in the O-Dorf, reopened following a redesign under the COOLYMP initiative. Developed through a participatory process with residents, the project introduced additional shade and greenery, improved seating and accessibility, and added a fountain, with projected summer temperature reductions of 3 to 4°C.

City links and mountain links

Innsbruck’s Olympic legacy spans both urban venues and mountain sites. Preparations in the 1960s and 1970s accelerated mobility upgrades in the city and strengthened connections to Alpine and Nordic competition areas across the region.

In the city, this included major road and bridge projects such as the Hohe Weg northern bypass and the Olympic Bridge, completing a new bypass route south of the railway station. In the run-up to 1976, projects already in the planning stages were brought forward, including works in Seefeld and Axams and the construction of the Reichenau Bridge.

In the mountains, investment strengthened winter sports capacity and access. At Axamer Lizum, transport capacity increased with the Hoadl funicular, while in Seefeld, Nordic skiing facilities were expanded and upgraded, reinforcing the area’s role in the competition programme.

Several other facilities were also accelerated by the Games, including the Pedagogical Academy, which served as a press centre, and the IVB halls, used as a television centre during the Games.

Olympiaworld: a year-round hub

Olympiaworld remains central to Innsbruck’s sporting legacy as the umbrella organisation operating a cluster of major sports venues in the city. It brings together Olympic-era facilities such as the Olympiahalle and the Olympia Eiskanal in Igls with venues that have been added or modernised over time, including the TIWAG Arena, the Tivoli Stadion Tirol and the Landessportzentrum Tirol.

Together, this mix of heritage venues and evolving infrastructure supports elite training and competition, community participation and major events, helping keep Olympic sites active and embedded in daily life throughout the year.

A host region that continues to stage major events

Innsbruck and Tirol have continued to host international competitions and multi-sport events that draw on the same venue network and operational expertise. The region welcomed the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012 and has since staged events including the International Children’s Games (2016), the UCI Road World Championships (2018) and the Winter World Masters Games (2020).

Looking ahead, Tirol is preparing to host the 2027 Winter Deaflympics across Innsbruck, Seefeld and the wider region.

A volunteering culture sustained across generations

Major events depend on the people who welcome participants, guide spectators and support delivery. Innsbruck has long benefitted from a volunteer culture sustained across decades of hosting. Around 1,400 volunteers supported the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games, with a further 442 involved in the UCI Road World Championships in 2018.

Following Innsbruck 2012, innsbruck-tirol sports (ITS) was established with a time-limited mandate from the State (Land) of Tirol, the City of Innsbruck and the Austrian Olympic Committee to support event delivery. When this concluded in 2020, responsibilities and systems – including volunteer coordination – were transferred to the Olympia Sport- und Veranstaltungszentrum Innsbruck (OSVI), embedding that expertise within established local institutions.

Fifty years on

Innsbruck 1976 is often recalled for the circumstances in which the Games were awarded and the speed of the preparations. Fifty years on, the anniversary highlights what has endured: venues that stayed in use, an Olympic Village that became a living neighbourhood, infrastructure that continues to connect city and mountains, and a volunteer culture that supports major events across generations.

As Milano Cortina 2026 prepares to welcome the world, Innsbruck’s experience remains a grounded example of how long-term planning, regular use and community alignment can keep Olympic legacy active well beyond the closing ceremony.

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Stockfish to Represent Weyerhaeuser at Citi Global Property CEO Conference

SEATTLE, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Devin Stockfish, president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), will represent the company at Citi’s 2026 Global Property CEO Conference in Hollywood, Florida, on Wednesday, March 4, at 9:35 a.m. Eastern.

A live webcast of the event will be accessible on the Investors section of the company’s website at www.weyerhaeuser.com. The webcast replay will be available on the website shortly after the live event.

ABOUT WEYERHAEUSER
Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world’s largest private owners of timberlands, began operations in 1900 and today owns or controls more than 10 million acres of timberlands in the U.S., as well as additional public timberlands managed under long-term licenses in Canada. Weyerhaeuser has been a global leader in sustainability for more than a century and manages 100 percent of its timberlands on a fully sustainable basis in compliance with internationally recognized sustainable forestry standards. Weyerhaeuser is also one of the largest manufacturers of wood products in North America and operates additional business lines around product distribution, climate solutions, real estate, and energy and natural resources, among others. In 2025, the company generated $6.9 billion in net sales and employed approximately 9,500 people who serve customers worldwide. Operated as a real estate investment trust, Weyerhaeuser’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WY. Learn more at www.weyerhaeuser.com.

For more information contact:
Analysts – Andy Taylor, 206-539-3907
Media – Nancy Thompson, 919-861-0342

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Stockfish to Represent Weyerhaeuser at Citi Global Property CEO Conference

SEATTLE, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Devin Stockfish, president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY), will represent the company at Citi’s 2026 Global Property CEO Conference in Hollywood, Florida, on Wednesday, March 4, at 9:35 a.m. Eastern.

A live webcast of the event will be accessible on the Investors section of the company’s website at www.weyerhaeuser.com. The webcast replay will be available on the website shortly after the live event.

ABOUT WEYERHAEUSER
Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world’s largest private owners of timberlands, began operations in 1900 and today owns or controls more than 10 million acres of timberlands in the U.S., as well as additional public timberlands managed under long-term licenses in Canada. Weyerhaeuser has been a global leader in sustainability for more than a century and manages 100 percent of its timberlands on a fully sustainable basis in compliance with internationally recognized sustainable forestry standards. Weyerhaeuser is also one of the largest manufacturers of wood products in North America and operates additional business lines around product distribution, climate solutions, real estate, and energy and natural resources, among others. In 2025, the company generated $6.9 billion in net sales and employed approximately 9,500 people who serve customers worldwide. Operated as a real estate investment trust, Weyerhaeuser’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol WY. Learn more at www.weyerhaeuser.com.

For more information contact:
Analysts – Andy Taylor, 206-539-3907
Media – Nancy Thompson, 919-861-0342

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2025 IWBI Awards Celebrate Outstanding Individual, Organizational and Project Achievements in Advancing Health and Well-being

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WELL APs and WELL Faculty recognized for outsized contributions to people-first places and organizations in 2025 | Global and Fortune 500 companies and world-class real estate portfolios recognized for leveraging WELL to make extraordinary strides in health, well-being and performance in 2025

NEW YORK, February 11, 2026 /3BL/ – The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the global authority for advancing healthy buildings, organizations and communities, today announced the winners of the annual 2025 IWBI Community Awards and the 2025 IWBI Organizational Awards. This year, through the presentation of more than 200 total awards, we celebrate outstanding individual leaders from IWBI’s WELL Faculty and WELL Accredited Professional (WELL AP) community who are being recognized for their impassioned leadership and advocacy, as well as Global and Fortune 500 companies and world class real estate portfolios that are using WELL as a roadmap to prioritize people and performance.

For the first time, IWBI opened nominations for the awards to the public, receiving more than 400 submissions that speak to the depth and breadth of leadership of the WELL movement. New in 2025, more than 20 WELL Project Awards recognize projects that have displayed exemplary use of WELL strategies to promote people-first places. Nominations were submitted for projects that have shown exceptional leadership, innovation and impact.

The winners of the 2025 IWBI Community Awards are providing organizations with people-first solutions to meet the rising demand for health. WELL Faculty and WELL APs—a community of 29,000 people in 135 countries who have obtained or are working toward the professional credential denoting expertise in WELL—have worked hand-in-hand with organizations pursuing IWBI’s achievements under the WELL Standard, including pursuit of WELL Certification, WELL ratings and applying WELL at scale, now collectively spanning more than 6 billion square feet in nearly 100,000 locations across nearly 140 countries.

2025 Community Award honorees hail from 22 countries covering all corners of the globe. Among the new awards IWBI is presenting this year, the WELL Executive Awards recognize C-suite level executives who play a very active role in expanding the adoption of WELL, and the Visionary Leadership Awards recognize individuals for exceptional leadership in advancing WELL principles through client education and cross-industry collaboration in their region. IWBI will also honor 12 innovators breaking new ground in emerging markets, 11 Changemakers driving market transformation and two revolutionary Educators of the Year. This year’s winning roster also includes Rising Stars making waves, one fearless Project Steward supporting exceptional numbers of WELL projects and four WELL APs advancing WELL in their respective regions. One of the most prestigious honors each year, the 2025 WELL AP of the Year, is awarded to Ken Fong, who currently serves as Director of Human-Centered Design at E-LAB Consulting in Melbourne, Australia.

“We are proud to recognize the 2025 Community Award honorees, the visionaries catalyzing a global shift toward people-first places. The healthy building movement’s evolution is a direct result of their tireless dedication and resolve,” said IWBI President and CEO Rachel Hodgdon. “These leaders aren’t just making an impact; they are fundamentally redefining their industries and forging the future of WELL.”

The 2025 IWBI Organizational Awards celebrate organizations around the world that have demonstrated exceptional leadership and impact at scale, leveraging WELL to drive forward healthy buildings and organizations of all types. Among the organizations being recognized this year are Global and Fortune 500 companies, including CBRE, Cisco, Citigroup, JLL, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Panasonic, Sanofi and Uber, as well as world-class real estate portfolios, including those led by Embassy Office Parks, Empire State Realty Trust, Lendlease, Swire Properties and Vornado.

Dozens of award recipients from around the world, spanning a variety of industries and sectors, highlight the incredible global demand for WELL and its evidence-based strategies to enhance employee health, productivity and well-being. These leading companies and organizations are also helping propel an extraordinary wave of adoption of WELL.

“The organizations we honor today have done more than commit to a philosophy—they have prioritized human health across their entire portfolios,” added Hodgdon. “We are proud to partner with these leaders as they set a new global benchmark for excellence, working with WELL to directly improve the lives of more than 30 million people through their bold actions.”

The majority of award recipients are leveraging WELL at scale, which enables organizations to measure and improve organizational health performance across their locations over time and the impacts on people inside the spaces. Organizations using WELL at scale in 2025 identified their top reasons for engaging in the program, which include attracting and retaining talent and/or tenants (77%); increasing engagement among employees and/or tenants (70%); enhancing social sustainability performance (73%); improving building performance (73%); and delivering on complementary people and planet strategies (68%). The WELL concepts and well-being issues that ranked highest in priority for organizations engaged in WELL at scale are Air (78%), Water (66%), Community (65%) and Mind/mental health (58%). A sampling of the top features achieved across WELL at scale locations includes developing emergency preparedness plans (C03.1), supporting mental health recovery (M03.4), promoting health benefits (C06.1) and improving cleaning practices (X11.1).

Locations in Oceania achieved the highest average performance of any region globally as measured by their WELL Scores. Europe achieved the second highest average regional performance. When measured by sector, companies in the real estate sector performed highest.

New awards presented at the organizational level in 2025 include the Coworking Leadership Award which recognizes organizations with a significant number of WELL Coworking Rated locations across their enrolled portfolio; IWBI Member of the Year which honors an IWBI Member organization for exceptional leadership, impact and collaboration in advancing IWBI’s mission, driving measurable change and uplifting the global WELL community; and Consultant of the Year which recognizes consulting companies for supporting the implementation of WELL in their region (Americas, Europe, Oceania and Asia).

The Global WELL Leadership Award recognizes organizations with the highest WELL Scores, reflecting progress towards implementing WELL strategies and serving as a benchmark for health and well-being performance against peers. The four honorees are Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS); Embassy REIT; Barclays; and Citi.

Also of note is the Healthy Building Catalyst Award, which recognizes organizations for going above and beyond to develop a dedicated team for implementing WELL strategies and/or promote their commitment to health and well-being to the public, including through organizational reporting, public relations or a related event. Recipients include the following: Empire State Realty Trust; MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) – Global Commercial Offices (JCAP, EMEA, LATAM); Sanofi S.A.; Standard Chartered Bank; Kerry Properties Limited; and Gmp Property SOCIMI S.A.

The WELL Concept Awards highlight each of the 10 categories of human health addressed by WELL. The WELL Mind Award, which recognizes organizations for significant achievement within the Mind Concept of the WELL Standard, was presented to Deloitte US Firms.

What some of our award recipients are saying:

  • WELL AP of the Year – Ken Fong, Director of Human-Centered Design, E-LAB Consulting: “I’m deeply honored by this individual recognition, but I view it as a collective victory for my team at E-LAB Consulting. I want to also acknowledge the incredible global WELL AP community for your enriching input into my life. A huge thank you to all my mentors, friends, collaborators, clients and supporters. From my early role as an acoustic consultant (when I first got involved with WELL), to my current role which is more holistically focused, it has been an honour to be on the journey with IWBI in accelerating adoption of healthy building principles. If this award inspires many others to design buildings that amplify human health and well-being – that’s the real win!”
  • Vanessa Orth, Managing Director, Lendlease Investment Management Australia: “Lendlease continues to lead the industry in advancing health and well‑being across the built environment across international markets, reinforcing the value this creates for our customers, investors and communities. We have once again demonstrated how WELL’s evidence‑based strategies can be applied at scale to deliver healthier, more sustainable and productive workplaces. Our ongoing collaboration with the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), whose leadership in shaping global health‑focused building standards has been integral to this progress, supports our commitment to enhancing the experience, well-being and performance of the people who use our places every day.” Lendlease was awarded several awards, including the Global WELL Leadership Award – Fewer than 50 locations; the Regional WELL Leadership Award – Oceania; the Health and Safety Leadership Award; and WELL Concept Awards for Community, Materials and Nourishment.
  • Healthy Building Catalyst Award – Ömer Döne, Global Head of Sustainable Workplace, Sanofi: “At Sanofi, we believe that creating healthy workplaces is an extension of our core mission to chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. Receiving the Healthy Building Catalyst Award validates our commitment to ensuring that the spaces where our teams work every day support their health, well-being and ability to deliver for patients worldwide. We’re proud to be part of a global movement that recognizes the profound impact our built environments have on human health, and deeply honored that IWBI has recognized Sanofi’s dedication to leading by example in sustainable workplace design.”
  • Healthy Building Catalyst Award – Lisa James‑Holmes, Global Lead, WELL at Scale – Commercial Offices, MSD: “WELL at Scale provides a disciplined, evidence‑based way to embed health, wellbeing, and performance into the day‑to‑day operation of our commercial offices. Across MSD’s JCAP, EMEA and LATAM regions, independently certified and rated workplaces are being delivered through a small global program team working in close partnership with local site leads, enabling healthier experiences for occupants, stronger operational performance, and a more consistent workplace experience. This approach reflects a long‑term focus on people, sustainable assets, and organisational resilience.”

Each of these award-winning individuals and organizations will be recognized during WELL 2026, IWBI’s global event series hosted in cities around the world.

For more information about WELL, please visit www.wellcertified.com.

Notes to Editors:
The 2025 WELL at scale leaderboard and awards are based on data from the last completed review cycle of WELL at scale participants through December 31, 2025. Awards are available only to organizations or entities with five or more enrolled locations.

Organizations engaging with WELL across their entire enterprise receive a WELL Score, which serves as a dynamic metric to benchmark portfolio performance, identify new opportunities for impact and communicate real-time excellence to stakeholders.

About the International WELL Building Institute
The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is a public benefit corporation and the global authority for transforming health and well-being in buildings, organizations and communities. In pursuit of its public-health mission, IWBI mobilizes its community through the development and administration of the WELL Building Standard (WELL), WELL for residential, WELL Community Standard, its WELL ratings and management of the WELL AP credential. IWBI also translates research into practice, develops educational resources and advocates for policies that promote people-first places for everyone, everywhere. More information on WELL can be found here.

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Appendix:

The IWBI Community Award winners are as follows:

  • Ken Fong – WELL AP of the Year
  • Andrés F. Schwarz; Ashish Pandya; Clare Gallagher; Dengyao Tsao; Hidekazu Sawada; Jennifer Harding; Josh Jackman; Kimberley Beaumont; Qiang Zhang; Shaghayegh (Shaya) Riazi – Changemaker Award
  • Khee Poh Lam; Rachel Vig – Educators of the Year Award
  • Ahmad Altibi; Chompunuch Sangkanchanavanich; Duygu Erten; Federico Steinvorth; Keith Cassie; Keith Lei; Lisa Hinde; Manoranjani Rajendran; Micaela Smulevich; Piya Verma; Praveen Kumar; Wendong Li – Emerging Market Award
  • D.B. Zender – WELL Forum Influencer Award
  • Adolfa María Muñoz del Campo; Anthony Marklund; Devan Valenti; Emily Billheimer; Felicity Lee; Jaymie Anne Malicsi; Jie Min Ong; Marcela Patricia Guerra Romero; Sachiko Watanabe – Global Adoption of WELL Award
  • Kai Wen Teng – Performance Testing Agent of the Year Award
  • Andrea Villalobos; Cipactly Caballero; Garry Magee; Ilia Sokolinskii; India Golding; Jamali Kigotho; Jihyun Park; Jiye Wu; Johanna Turko; Komal Jain; Laura Cowie; Robert Crawford – Rising Star Award
  • Abhijit Zacharia; Candi Hampton; Chris Higgins; Hosanna Elarmo; Michelle Lam; Plum Stone; Priyanka Kanagalingam; Teresa McGrath; Tiexin Chen; Wallace Lin – Visionary Leadership Award
  • Curtis Chan – WELL AP Regional Leadership Award (China)
  • Hrisa Gatzoulis – WELL AP Regional Leadership Award (Americas)
  • Maria Vicidomini – WELL AP Regional Leadership Award (EMEA)
  • Yoshi Murakami – WELL AP Regional Leadership Award (APAC)
  • Andre Marin; Andrew Cole; Beata Kępowicz; Gie Garcia; Grace Kwok; Liam Bates – WELL Executive Award
  • Mariana Pallares – WELL Project Steward Award

The IWBI Organizational Award winners are as follows:

  • Delos Group; Laguna – Building Performance Leadership Award
  • WSP Global, Inc. – Consultant of the Year Award – Americas
  • EMSI (Environmental Market Solutions Inc.); Panasonic Holdings Corporation – Consultant of the Year Award – Asia
  • SuReal – Consultant of the Year Award – Europe
  • E-LAB Consulting – Consultant of the Year Award – Oceania
  • KMC Community, Inc – Coworking Leadership Award
  • Awfis Space Solutions – Coworking spaces; Brookprop Management Services Pvt. Ltd; Cisco Systems Inc; Empire State Realty Trust; Genentech; KMC Community, Inc; NEO; Sunrise Senior Living; Veris Residential – Equity Leadership Award
  • Barclays – Global WELL Leadership Award – 100 to 499 locations
  • Embassy REIT – Global WELL Leadership Award – 50 to 99 locations
  • Citi – Global WELL Leadership Award – 500 or more locations
  • Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS) – Global WELL Leadership Award – Fewer than 50 locations
  • Bagmane Group; Bloomberg L.P. Global Portfolio; Cadillac Fairview – Select Offices; Cisco Systems Inc; Citi Global; DLF Commercial and Retail; Dream Office REIT; Embassy REIT; Empire State Realty Trust; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; KinderCare Learning Companies; KMC Community, Inc; Lendlease APPF, LITS and LOITS; M Moser Associates Ltd.; NEO; Royal Bank of Canada; RXR Realty; Standard Chartered Bank; Sunrise Senior Living; Swire Properties – Pacific Place Portfolio; T-Mobile – Corporate Owned Locations; Uber – Global Talent Hubs and Regional; Priority Offices; Vornado Realty Trust – Health and Safety Leadership Award
  • EDGE Technologies – EDGE developments, Europe; Hongkong Land – Central Portfolio; Nan Fung Group Real Estate – Operating; Swire Properties – Pacific Place Portfolio; Swire Properties – Taikoo Place Portfolio – WELL Air Award
  • Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.; Gmp Property SOCIMI S.A.; Kerry Properties Limited; MSD (Merck Sharp & Dohme) – Global Commercial Offices (JCAP, EMEA, LATAM); Sanofi S.A.; Standard Chartered Bank – Healthy Building Catalyst Award
  • Epsten Group, Inc., A Salas O’Brien Company – IWBI Member of the Year Award
  • Atenor Group SA – Leadership in Sustainability Reporting Award
  • Cbus Property Commercial Unit Trust; Genentech; MSD – Commercial Offices Portfolio (JCAP, EMEA, LATAM) – Outstanding Health Progress Award
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co. – People First Award – Non-Real Estate
  • Hang Lung Mainland and Hong Kong Portfolios – People First Award – Real Estate
  • Citi – Regional WELL Leadership Award – Africa
  • Barclays – Regional WELL Leadership Award – Americas
  • The Hongkong Land Property Company, Limited – Regional WELL Leadership Award – Asia
  • Edge Technologies Contract B.V. – Regional WELL Leadership Award – Europe
  • Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust (LITS) and Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust (LOITS) – Regional WELL Leadership Award – Oceania
  • Awfis Space Solutions Private Limited; Bupa Arabia; Globe Forest Low Carbon Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (Maratti); SSM Health; Standard Bank Group Limited – Rising Star Award
  • CapitaLand Development – Sustainable Finance Award
  • Properties – Pacific Place Portfolio; Swire Properties – Taikoo Place Portfolio – WELL Air Award
  • Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (JLL) – WELL AP Impact Award
  • Embassy REIT; Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (JLL) – WELL Certification Leadership Award
  • Bagmane Group; Brookprop Management Services Pvt. Ltd; Genentech; KMC Community, Inc; Lendlease APPF, LITS and LOITS; NEO; Sunrise Senior Living – WELL Community Award
  • CBRE Group, Inc.; En3 Sustainability Solutions – WELL Enterprise Provider of the Year Award
  • Bloomberg L.P. Global Portfolio; Cbus Property (Commercial Office); EY US – Office Portfolio; Precinct Properties; Swire Properties – Pacific Place Portfolio; Swire Properties – Taikoo Place Portfolio; Veris Residential – WELL Innovation Award
  • EDGE Technologies – EDGE developments, Europe; Nan Fung Group Real Estate – Operating; Walker Corporation – Select Offices and University – WELL Light Award
  • Grupo Gmp Properties – Direct Managed Offices; Investa; Lendlease APPF, LITS and LOITS; Nan Fung Group Real Estate – Operating; Swire Properties – Pacific Place Portfolio; Tata Realty & Infrastructure Limited – WELL Materials Award
  • Deloitte US Firms – WELL Mind Award
  • Bagmane Group; EDGE Technologies – EDGE developments, Europe; Embassy REIT; Hongkong Land – Central Portfolio; Swire Properties – Pacific Place Portfolio; Swire Properties – Taikoo Place Portfolio – WELL Movement Award
  • Lendlease APPF, LITS and LOITS – WELL Nourishment Award
  • SAP – Select APAC Offices – WELL Sound Award
  • Swire Properties – Pacific Place Portfolio – WELL Thermal Comfort Award
  • Nan Fung Group Real Estate – Operating; Swire Properties – Pacific Place Portfolio; Swire Properties – Taikoo Place Portfolio – WELL Water Award

The WELL Project Award winners are as follows:

  • 宏景科技总部 Gloryview Technology Headquarters; Co-operators 101 Cooper Dr – People & Planet Award
  • BNP Paribas Fortis Montagne du Parc – Warandeberg; Dai-ichi Life HQ project; EDIFICIO CORPORATIVO GRUPO EDISUR; Project Emerald – Innovative Design Award
  • Globant Tower; oxxeo – Recertification; Sanofi Singapore – Outstanding Strategy Award
  • Ayala Corporation Office; Hospital Oncopediatrico Erasto Gaertner – Erastinho; MGM Cotai; MGM Macau; Sella 137 – Vanguard Award
  • HKRI Taikoo Hui; MENARCO Tower – Recertification; Trico LivingWell – Champion Award
  • 311 Third; CENTERFIELD; Panattoni BTS – Research & development Center Office, phase 1 – Tenneco, Gliwice; Thomas Dixon Centre: Queensland Ballet Headquarters and Studios – Unique Impact Award

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To Harness Power Plants’ Unused Capacity, States Can Turn to ‘Surplus Interconnection Service’

Innovative approach can quickly boost electricity production to benefit consumers 

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Jenny Netherton works on The Pew Charitable Trusts’ energy modernization project.

As demand for electricity continues to rise in the United States, policymakers and utilities are increasingly concerned about how to meet consumers’ needs cost-effectively, especially because it takes an average of five years for new energy projects to connect to the grid after they are proposed. But one underused approach, called Surplus Interconnection Service (SIS), can shortcut that wait by allowing new power generation or storage to be added in months instead of years. That’s because SIS resources are colocated with existing power plants and share their access to the grid.

The issue with adding new power sources

Interconnection is the approval process that new power plants must follow to connect to the grid and deliver power to consumers. It is often time-consuming due to both the volume of requests and the time grid operators need to conduct detailed reviews of projects. Proposed power plants join an interconnection “queue” where they wait their turn for grid operators to study the plant, determine and construct needed upgrades to power lines and infrastructure, and approve the plant for a maximum number of megawatts (MW).

This process safeguards the grid but takes years. However, many existing power plants do not always operate to their maximum capacity, leaving a MW surplus that can be filled with new generation or storage.

SIS allows power plants to leverage that surplus by sharing their interconnection with new energy resources, typically low-cost and quick-to-install solar and batteries, which bypass the interconnection queue. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission opened the door for widespread use of SIS in 2018, allowing any power plant larger than 20 MW to apply to add SIS resources.

Power plants run the energy gamut from thermal generators, such as natural gas and coal, to renewables, such as wind and solar, and have differing opportunities for SIS. For example, some natural gas plants may only operate four or five days a year when demand is peaking, despite having approval for generation all year. SIS allows these “peaker plants” to add generation such as solar and drastically increase power generation year-round. Similarly, solar farms, which generate electricity only during the daytime, can add SIS battery or wind resources to operate at night to maximize their interconnection rights. 

Benefits of SIS

Aside from boosting energy delivery to consumers quickly and efficiently, SIS also:

Increases energy deployment: SIS resources supplement the traditional queue for new power plants, creating a separate pathway to bring new energy resources online quickly while the main interconnection queue continues to approve projects.

Minimizes land use: SIS projects must be located at or near existing power plants and can often be installed on the plant’s existing footprint, reducing the need to disturb undeveloped land.

Enhances reliability: The combination of the original power plant’s output and SIS resources can provide greater reliability than either resource would have separately, for example, by generating and storing solar energy by day and deploying it at night.

Reduces grid congestion: SIS allows for energy production during times when the original power plant is offline or underutilizing its interconnection rights, reducing congestion and in turn lowering prices for consumers.

Helps reduce transmission system costs: SIS increases energy supply without the need to construct new transmission lines, which are costly and take many years to build.

How states can add SIS

State governments can encourage and boost the use of SIS through a variety of actions:

Mechanism

Implementation

Planning requirements

States can require utilities to consider SIS projects in their integrated resource plans (IRPs), power plant applications, or other regulatory proceedings.

Regulatory consideration

Regulators can ensure that the reliability and capacity benefits of SIS projects are properly considered in utility resource planning.

Economic development incentives

State economic development offices or programs can consider economic incentives to develop SIS projects and ensure SIS projects qualify under other energy incentive programs.

Permitting and siting

Regulators can expedite permitting and siting rules for SIS projects and remove barriers to SIS in existing regulations, such as zoning requirements prohibiting colocation.

SIS is a promising tool states can leverage now to quickly get additional power onto the grid, which in turn would benefit energy providers and consumers alike.

For more information, visit Energy Modernization | The Pew Charitable Trusts (pewtrusts.org) 

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Grand Circle Corporation Awards Rebuilding Together Boston $240,000 to Build Resilient Communities in Boston Neighborhoods

Three-year commitment includes $30,000 a year in trips donated by Grand Circle Corporation’s family of travel brands for auctions and additional fundraising for the nonprofit from Fiscal Year FY26 through FY28.

BOSTON, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Rebuilding Together Boston (www.rebuildingtogetherboston.org) announced today that Grand Circle Corporation has committed to a three-year premier sponsorship totaling $240,000, supporting home repairs, community revitalization projects, and critical fundraising efforts across Boston neighborhoods.

Grand Circle has awarded Rebuilding Together $50,000 for three years from FY26 to FY28 for four ReBuild events annually to repair and revitalize Boston communities each year in addition to capacity building and support for their 35th Paint the Town anniversary gala. As part of its fundraising support, Grand Circle will donate $30,000 annually in travel experiences through its family of travel brands.

“For 30 years, Grand Circle employees have volunteered to make a difference for Boston homeowners and neighbors by making critical repairs to homes, community centers and community spaces. Rebuilding Together Boston is extremely grateful for this premier sponsorship of $240,000 over three years. We look forward to working with Grand Circle and its partners to repair more homes and revitalize communities for our Boston neighbors,” said Rebuilding Together Boston’s Executive Director Janice Walker.

This grant funding aligns with Grand Circle’s commitment to contribute in the places where its employees work and live. Rebuilding Together Boston and Grand Circle employees have given back to the Boston community by repairing and revitalizing homes and community spaces for veterans, seniors, and families with disabilities.

Rebuilding Together Boston’s work addresses the pressing housing challenges of Boston’s aging housing stock, a high rate of cost-burdened homeowners, and a shortage of affordable housing. By helping long-term residents remain in place and investing in shared community assets, Rebuilding Together Boston’s work builds on its track record of serving low-income homeowners across Boston.

“At Grand Circle, travel is about changing lives by strengthening the connections between people and the places they call home,” said Brian FitzGerald, CEO of Grand Circle Corporation. “That belief extends beyond our travelers to the communities where our employees live and work. We’re proud to support Rebuilding Together Boston and to invest in efforts that help build strong, stable neighborhoods.”

Rebuilding Together Boston organizes and collaborates with skilled workers, tradespeople, volunteers, and other community members and nonprofit organizations to meet the urgent needs of our communities by preserving affordable housing, stabilizing neighborhoods, and reducing housing instability and the risk of homelessness. 95% of the people we serve are Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Color (BIPOC). There is never a cost to the people we help. Over the past 35 years, Rebuilding Together Boston completed over 700 renovation projects for an estimated total value of over $8.5 million. If you think you can benefit from Rebuilding Together Boston’s services, contact RTB through this link: Rebuilding Together Boston – Apply Online

About Grand Circle Corporation
Grand Circle Corporation is a Boston-based global travel enterprise comprised of a family of travel brands that includes Overseas Adventure Travel, Grand Circle Cruise Line, and Grand Circle Travel. Founded with a mission to deliver life-changing travel experiences and high-impact cultural immersion, the company is committed to helping travelers connect deeply with people and places around the world through immersive itineraries, small group discovery, and authentic local engagement. Through the Grand Circle Foundation, the company also supports nonprofit organizations and community initiatives in the places where its travelers visit, and its associates live and work.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Angela Petropoulos, 617-501-8694
apetropoulos@rebuildingtogetherboston.org

Gabriel Ford-McGowan, 617-346-6171
gfordmcgowan@oattravel.com

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CACI Named a 2026 Best Place to Work by Glassdoor

RESTON, Va., February 11, 2026 /3BL/ – CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) announced today that it has received an Employee Choice Award by Glassdoor as a Best Place to Work in Manufacturing & Energy for 2026. CACI was specifically recognized for its collaborative work environment and culture, career growth opportunities, leadership, and work-life balance.

“This honor reflects the strength of our people and the environment we’ve built to support meaningful, mission-driven work for our government customers,” said CACI executive vice president and chief human resources officer Angie Combs. “We are incredibly proud to build and deliver American-made technology developed across sites nationwide. Our impressive software-defined solutions adapt to customers’ evolving needs and differentiate us as a partner of choice to advance the nation’s most critical missions.”

CACI delivers proven technology solutions manufactured at facilities across the U.S., including California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Texas. By offering meaningful work tied to national priorities and clear pathways for technical growth, CACI creates an environment where employees can build lasting careers and make a real impact. Its one-third veteran workforce continues their mission with the company in high-impact engineering and technical roles, bringing proven experience to complex challenges that help expand the limits of national security.

“Even amid the uncertainty of 2025, these standout employers have shown resilience, sustaining high levels of employee satisfaction and trust as they navigate change,” said Owen Humphries, President at Glassdoor. “In today’s competitive job market, Glassdoor’s Best Places to Work award serves as a trusted guide for job seekers, spotlighting the companies where employees thrive while helping candidates connect with workplaces that reflect their values and career ambitions.”

Glassdoor’s 18th annual Employees’ Choice Awards are determined by employee feedback shared through voluntary anonymous reviews on Glassdoor. Reviews reflect employees’ perspectives on overall satisfaction, leadership, workplace culture, compensation and benefits, career opportunities, and work-life balance, with winners selected using Glassdoor’s proprietary methodology based on the quality and consistency of employee input.

About CACI

CACI International Inc (NYSE: CACI) is a national security company with 26,000 talented employees who are Ever Vigilant in expanding the limits of national security. We ensure our customers’ success by delivering differentiated technology and distinctive expertise to accelerate innovation, drive speed and efficiency, and rapidly anticipate and eliminate threats. Our culture drives our success and earns us recognition as a Fortune World’s Most Admired Company. We are members of the Fortune 500™, the Russell 1000 Index, and the S&P MidCap 400 Index. For more information, visit us at caci.com.

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