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Continuing Education: Carbon Crackdown

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Joann Gonchar, FAIA
March 2, 2020
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After focusing for decades on energy efficiency, the green building movement sets its sights on “up-front” emissions.
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Living Future Institute Announces Biophilic Design Award at Greenbuild 2017

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Alex Klimoski
November 10, 2017
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The new awards program, named for biophilia champion Stephen Kellert, recognizes projects that successfully integrate nature and design.


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Regulatory Barriers Stymie Onsite Potable Water Systems

Nadine M. Post
May 24, 2017
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California, Oregon and Washington are among the states moving forward with regulations and road maps for the construction and operation of building- and district-scale graywater capture and treatment systems for non-potable-water use, such as toilet flushing and irrigation.


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International Living Future Institute Reveals First Fully-Certified Living Products

Christine H. O'Toole
September 21, 2016
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When the International Living Future Institute announced its Living Product Challenge in 2015, finding manufacturers to participate seemed like a tall order.


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Ultra-Green Brock Center Certified as a 'Living Building'

Nadine M. Post
June 3, 2016
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Earlier this month, the first building in the U.S. permitted to treat rainwater for potable uses also became a Living Building—the highest level of ultra-green-building certification granted by the International Living Future Institute.


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The New Living Product Challenge Introduces Rigorous Design Standards

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Joann Gonchar, FAIA
September 28, 2015
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The International Living Future Institute’s latest program considers all stages of a product’s lifecycle. Industrial goods made with processes that are socially beneficial and environmentally sound might sound unattainable. But this is the aim of the Living Product Challenge. It is the latest program developed by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), a nonprofit best known for its role in administering the demanding green building certification system, the Living Building Challenge (LBC). To qualify for certification under the new standard, launched as a pilot program in April, products must be safe for human exposure at all stages of their lifecycle—from
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International Living Future Institute Widens Its Reach Beyond Buildings

Nadine M. Post
June 3, 2014
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This article first appeared on ENR.com.  Buoyed by the progress of its performance-based Living Building Challenge (LBC) green-building certification program, the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is casting a net beyond the LBC. The Institute, through the recently-announced umbrella Living Future Challenge, says it is developing even more ways to rethink "the way humanity designs its systems, products, buildings and communities." Related links International Living Future Institute WELL Building Standard "It's the Living Future Institute, not the Living Building Institute, because it's not just about buildings," said Jason McLennan, ILFI's CEO. "The Living Future Challenge is a framework for
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