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COVID-19 & outdoor space
Green buildings promote patios, porches, gardens and green roofs for many reasons. Preventing the spread of COVID-19 in a new one.
COVID-19 & daylighting
The sun is no friend to COVID-19. The Living Building Challenge requires “views outside and daylight for 75 percent of occupants.”
COVID-19 & operable windows
Epidemiologists agree on one point about SARS-CoV-2: The virus that causes COVID-19 is transmitted most easily in enclosed environments. Operable windows may be an elixir.
10 tips on salvage materials from Jimmy Mitchell
Here are 10 keys to success for anyone interested in making salvage material a key part of a commercial construction project
With assist from COVID-19, Kendeda Building generates 5 times its energy use
The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design generated more than five times the energy it used in April. Plus more updates on the path toward Living Building Challenge certification.
Kendeda Building ‘Changemaker’ videos strut actual innovations
On videos for their Changemaker Awards, winning companies offer real-life examples of how participating in an LBC project created an opportunity to change their own practices going forward.
COVID-19 guides a green building toward virtual tours
Coronavirus has driven the Kendeda Building’s robust building tour program into the virtual world.
Kendeda Building nears landmark water permit
How do you turn a building into its own drinking water plant? The Kendeda Building on Georgia Tech’s campus shows the way.
Kendeda Building’s winter was net positive … and that was before covid-19
Informative update from Kendeda Building Director Shan Arora on the building’s progress toward certification (as well as tips on taking a virtual tour and some news on social media):
Jones Pierce architect’s class at Georgia Tech tackles equity in homebuilding
A Georgia Tech course taught by Atlanta architect Frank Wickstead enhances the Kendeda Building’s efforts to enhance equity.