With Project Drawdown, sustainable business advocate and writer Paul Hawken leads a team that has identified 100 climate change solutions. Around half of them deal with the built environment.
Jason F. McLennan, who co-authored the Living Building Challenge and oversaw its initial implementation, will speak at 6-8 pm March 28 at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center.
Design teams for materials that meet the Living Building Challenge’s exacting standards are familiar with the predicament: How does one find, sort and compare environmental and health data on those materials? A collaboration between Google and the Heathy Building Network has produced a platform, called Portico, designed to address that problem.
Donald J. Trump is no green building enthusiast. But do architects and builders need support from the White House to keep moving sustainable design and construction forward?
Check out this entertaining show on the Bullitt Center from the Xploration Network’s Nature Knows Best. The episode, called Bio-Based Building, focuses on biophilic design and products.
If you’re involved in campus planning, you may want to check out a recent Rocky Mountain Institute guide on reducing the carbon output at universities and colleges.
A new book offers up the most complete history yet of the Living Building Challenge. The Living Building Challenge: Roots and Rise of the Worlds Greenest Standard by Mary Adam Thomas is a supportive view of the standard from inside the movement.
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