Saturday, February 27, 2010

Living Building Challenge

The Living Building Challenge (LBC) takes LEED a level deeper, pragmatically and poetically. They offer a methodology for designing, building and helping occupants to live as gently on and in harmony with the earth as any system.

Also attractive re: LBC is the amazing people who have created this vision and work tirelessly towards it's implementation. An off-shoot of the Cascadia LEED Chapter (Pacific Northwest), they seemingly benefit greatly from all of that clean air and humane living!

Please go to their web site - www.ilbi.org

They have a highly energetic and thoughtfully run conference out there each May, and Jason McLennan, their CEO, will be in Washington, DC April 23rd to give an introductory session -


The only, yet significant, issue is LBC adds more cost in design and construction (to think through complex systems and to pay for their implementation) and none of our clients have additional resources. And our clients are not poor; as such, LBC is exclusive. But not exclusive in the intentions their system advocates, which we explore as well in each project. We're always pushing as far as our client's inclinations and budgets allow; with each project we seek less complex methods to achieve the same result.





2 comments:

  1. Thank you for your enthusiasm! Just in case you haven't seen it yet, I recommend that you download the Living Building Financial Study completed this past spring; the findings may surprise you: http://ilbi.org/resources/reports/financial-study

    We hope to see you at the Road Show and at Living Future in Seattle.

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  2. thanku for your comment eden, and as i've become an ambassador of LBC, i'll learn much more before i go out and promote your/our work!
    and we finally have a client who is ready to sign on as a project!
    thou they are concerned about costs.

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