Living Building Challenge Basics
Last week at Greenbuild 2016 in L.A., exhibitors, seminars and special events zeroed in on providing helpful information to attendees about the countless sustainability certification standards, their individual requirements, challenges in the certification process, and countless other topics. The USGBC is moving its LEED standard forward with the release of its newest version, LEED v4. Over the past few years, architects and designers have seen new standards introduced to address LEED’s weaknesses and other gaps in focus. Among these “new” kids on the block are the WELL Building Standard by the International WELL Building Institute, introduced in 2013, and the Living Building Challenge, introduced by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) in 2006. The A&D community is comfortable thinking about and working towards LEED; LEED is a normal part of A&D life now. But newer certification standards are questioning traditional ways of thinking about and achieving sustainable goals. The WELL …
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