Healthy Living by Design™
Health designed in from the first sketch, built into every home, and lived every day.
Healthy Living by Design™ is Live Well Development Group’s defining environmental and human-performance mandate. It is not a branding layer. It is the framework through which our communities are conceived, designed, built and operated, because the built environment directly shapes physical resilience, cognitive clarity and long-term independence.
Healthy Living by Design™ is not an amenity category. It is infrastructure for healthspan.
Designed in, built in
Health is designed into the land and the plan first, then built into every room.
Orientation and passive cooling
Sited to the sun and prevailing breezes, so buildings cool naturally before any mechanical system is added.
Daylight and views
Living spaces oriented for natural light and views, supporting mood, sleep and daily rhythm.
People before vehicles
Walkable, human-scaled neighbourhoods that make movement and connection part of every day.
Landscapes that give back
Water-wise landscapes, foraging gardens and trails that connect residents to food and nature.
Clean air
High-efficiency filtration, continuous fresh air and real-time air quality monitoring.
Clean water
Filtered drinking water, live quality monitoring, and reclaimed water kept separate.
Light, rest and quiet
Circadian lighting, timed blinds and acoustic comfort for restorative sleep.
Healthy materials
Low and no-VOC, non off-gassing finishes, with natural wood, stone and textiles.
Across every asset class
Every Live Well residential asset class includes a Healthy Living foundation, with more at higher tiers. Healthy living is never reserved for the few.
Foundation
Every residential asset class, including attainable homes
- Passive design for daylight and natural ventilation
- Non off-gassing, low-VOC materials
- High-efficiency filtration and circadian-ready lighting
Enhanced
Adds a further layer of healthy-building technology
- In-suite air quality monitoring
- Whole-home water filtration
- Full circadian lighting with timed blinds
Signature
The complete Healthy Living by Design™ experience
- Integrated sensing across air, water, light and comfort
- Sleep-focused suite environments
- Personalized wellness services and spa access
Then it is lived
Healthy living carries into everyday life, for every generation.
Across our master communities
- Community wellness appPrograms, classes, services and events, simple to book and join.
- Four-season outdoor meeting nodesSheltered gathering spaces, fire circles and seating that bring neighbours together year-round.
- Food, land and communityFarmers’ markets, regenerative agriculture, trails and cultural programming.
Within Kinwell Retirement Communities
- The Wellness PavilionPhysiotherapy, fall prevention, low-impact fitness and treatment rooms for visiting clinicians.
- The Integrated Mobility LoopA continuous indoor walking loop with marked distances, for daily movement year-round.
- Back to schoolSeniors education through video tutorials at learning stations, with onsite coordinators.
- Generations togetherChild daycare embedded in the Surrey and Peach Hills campuses.
Measured and managed
The same sensors that keep air, water, light and comfort within healthy ranges also verify each building’s performance. Healthy Living by Design™ and asset management share one data layer: what protects residents’ health also proves the value of the asset.
Let's build together.
With community development projects across Western Canada and beyond, Live Well always welcomes further opportunities to collaborate on land development, partnerships, and investment that align with our values and vision.