What factors contribute to optimizing human health both indoors and outdoors within the built environment? Creating equitable and healthy communities is a product of multi-level interventions in policy, places, and people. This panel discussion will feature Steven Winter’s Sustainability Director & LEED/WELL/EGC expert highlighting public health research implementation into project designs throughout the building sector.  With “boots on the ground” experience, she will present key strategies for protecting and promoting health in a socially equitable and cost-effective manner. Researchers from the Mt. Sinai and Healthy Buildings Network will share recent evidence of health status improvements at both building and neighborhood-level projects. Their studies focus on the drivers of residential indoor air pollution and toxic materials in urban communities and highlight opportunities for health equity in the urban built environment.