The winner of the Living Aleutian Home Design Competition applies Living Building Challenge metrics in a remote, 61-person town on Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
Green Globes and the Living Building Challenge join LEED in passing the GSA’s review for use in federal projects, an increase from just LEED in 2007.
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The International Living Future Institute has announced the newest version of the Living Building Challenge.
Vancouver's VanDusen Botanical Garden's Visitor Centre promotes biodiversity in plant life and building systems
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The International Living Future Institute gives two existing building retrofits Net Zero Energy Building Certification.
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
The Bullitt Center in Seattle, by the Miller Hull Partnership.
Jason McLennan, CEO of the Cascadia Green Building COuncil and the International Living Building Institute, and author and founder of the Living Building Challenge, speaks with ECO-STRUCTURE.
After an energizing Greenbuild experience, I started December already amped for the upcoming year. And now, after a relatively slow end to 2010, I’m even more ready to leap into 2011, which looks to be filled with possibility. How so? Here are a few things I’ll be keeping an eye on this coming year.
Accepting the Living Building Challenge
Considered by many to be the most stringent standard in North America, the Living Building Challenge forces green designers to question every building practice and product.