Over the last decade, the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program has established itself as the preeminent industry standard for rating green buildings. Despite LEED’s remarkable success, however, ...

The Living Building Challenge (LBC), a green ratings system for design and construction that judges a building based on its actual performance, not just its projected performance at the design stage, ...

OUT THERE. TUCKED AWAY ON THE CAMPUS OF HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE IN AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, A BUILDING THAT DOESN’T JUST STAND OUT FROM NATURE, IT STANDS WITH IT. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW A PLANT GROWS, IF ...

This piece was first published on May 29, 2024 on ENR.com. One of several goals of the PAE Living Building team was to create a second-generation global model for commercial Living Buildings. The ...

New residence hall is designed to earn living-building certification from the Living Building Challenge, the most rigorous sustainable building certification program in the world. Yale Divinity School ...