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October 18, 2016 • Building Chronicle

Anatomy of a Grant (Part 2): The Courtship Between a Donor and an Owner

The first time Barry Berlin heard of the Bullitt Center was when Diana Blank called him with an idea: How could the Kendeda Fund go about creating a Living Building on a similar scale in Atlanta? It was May 2013.

“She’s telling me about this wonderful building, and I’m pulling it up on Google just so I can see what she’s talking about,” says Berlin, longtime financial advisor and strategist to the philanthropy founded by Blank. “I asked her, ‘So you want me to see if we can build one of these here?’ And she said, ‘Do you think we can?’ And I said, ‘We’ll never know until we try.’ ”

October 18, 2016 • Building Chronicle

GALLERY: Georgia Tech’s High-Performance Buildings

Georgia Tech has put together an impressive portfolio of high-performing buildings. Here’s a look at the four campus buildings that have attained Platinum, LEED’s highest certification level.

October 18, 2016 • Regenerative News

New History of Living Building Challenge Contrasts its Philosophy to LEED’s

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.

October 18, 2016 • Building Chronicle

Anatomy of a Grant (Part 1): A Living Building to Transform Southern Construction

Even big foundations think long and hard before they give away $30 million. So it’s not surprising that The Kendeda Fund took a while to figure out that its largest grant ever would go toward a single building on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus.