The Health & Happiness Petal

“The Living Building Challenge envisions a nourishing, highly productive and healthy built environment where everyone has fresh air, daylight, views outside and can be connected to the weather, the seasons and the time of day. However, even the best available solutions require acceptance and engagement by the occupants and the project owner.”    International Living Future Institute

Shan Arora, Health & Happiness Petal

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How does one measure a smile?

The first thing visitors typically notice is the wood — a natural material known to have a calming effect on humans. Or else it’s the daylight and the view of trees through the very windows that are letting the light in. READ MORE

Feature Articles on the Water Petal

The articles below will give funders, owners, architects and anyone else who’s interested an intimate idea of how team members addressed the Health & Happiness Petal on a Living Building Challenge project on Georgia Tech campus.

drinking water

Serving its own drinking water

Just months after opening its doors, the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is on the cusp of its drinking water permit. READ MORE

• BACKGROUND: The Energy Petal and the Living Building Challenge.

THe IMPEratives of the place petal

In LBC 3.1: Limits to Growth, Urban Agriculture, Habitat Exchange and Human Powered Living

In LBC 4.0: Ecology of Place, Urban Agriculture, Habitat Exchange and Human-Scaled Living

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