Milwaukee Office Building Fulfills Its Healing Mission

Built on a brownfield site, Milwaukee's Clock Shadow Building has been built to Living Building Challenge standards. Image via Continuum Architects + Planners.

The Clock Shadow Building, constructed on a vacant brownfield site, now uses sustainable methods to reduce its carbon footprint and promote wellness of both mind and body. Read more →

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Seattle’s Bertschi Science Wing Is World’s Fourth ‘Living Building’

The Bertschi School's Living Building science wing. Image via Bertschi School.

The new science wing at the Seattle school includes solar panels, a green roof, a green wall, a composting toilet, sustainably harvested wood and a rainwater collection system. Read more →

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Bullitt Center Called ‘Greenest Building’ On Earth Day

The new Bullitt Center, after its official opening on Earth Day. Image via the Bullitt Foundation.

On a sunny Earth Day in Seattle, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the new Bullitt Center, which is being called the “greenest commercial building” in the world. Read more →

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A Paradigm For Prefab Passive Houses

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A modular prefab home on the U.S. market meets the passive house standard and comes close to meeting the Living Building Challenge. Read more →

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Net Zero Challenges Of A Wet, Windy, Remote Island

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For affordable living in extreme circumstances, these design contest winners show how net-zero can be the answer. Read more →

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No Net Energy, No Net Water, No Waste In Portland [PHOTOS]

Full Plane Passive House

We tour an eco-friendly Portland, Oregon "living building" home that consumes no net energy, no net water, and sends no waste. Read more →

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Seattle’s Ultra-Green Bullitt Center To Open Earth Day

Image via Bullitt Foundation

The Bullitt Foundation has announced that its nearly completed ultra-green Bullitt Center will begin moving in tenants this month and will open officially in Seattle on April 22, Earth Day. Read more →

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Living Building Challenge: What Is It Exactly?

So far, 15 different projects, from New York State to Hawaii, have been certified as “Living Buildings.” The likely 16th is Seattle’s Bullitt Center (pictured here in progress), a six-story solar-powered "net zero" building designed to make extensive reuse of rainwater and day lighting and which features many other green amenities. (image credit: Joe Wolf, Flickr)

E - The Environmental Magazine, in its EarthTechling debut, answers questions about what exactly the Living Building Challenge is. Read more →

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Stone34 Project To Break Ground In Seattle

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The Stone34 project, future home of Brooks Sports, may become one of the greenest buildings in Seattle, with LEED Platinum certification and Living Buildings Challenge features. Read more →

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B.C. Home Certified By Living Building Challenge

Eco-Sense house

A residence in British Columbia, Canada, is the first to be certified by the Living Building Challenge for water conservation and site preservation. Read more →

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