The Living Building Challenge
#MoveTheDate Solutions
Personal / Community: Community project
Cities sub-categories: Renewable energy, Compact living, Infrastructure
Description: BFI Award "The Living Building Challenge" 2012: The Living Building Challenge defines the highest possible level of environmental performance, envisioning a built environment that is fully integrated with its ecosystem. It pushes the building industry to re-imagine business as usual, and it transforms building occupants from passive consumers into active stewards of increasingly scarce resources.
Website about this solution: https://materiallybetter.com/living-building-challenge/
Video about this solution: https://vimeo.com/274802880
Why I love this solution: What makes the Living Building Challenge unique is that it is not only a performance standard, but also a design philosophy and even an advocacy tool. It called for the creation of building projects at all scales (from single-room renovations to whole communities) that operate as cleanly, beautifully and efficiently as nature's architecture.