Tag: International Living Future Institute

  • Arizona desert hosts world’s largest ‘net zero energy’ building

      The new Phoenix regional office of DPR Construction has been officially certified as a “net zero energy” building by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). It’s the largest building in the world to achieve net zero energy building certification through the institute to date. SmithGroupJJR designed the comprehensive renovation of the windowless, 1970s concrete block building, transitioning it…

  • Seattle School Certified as World’s Fourth Living Building; First on West Coast

    A program of the International Living Future Institute, the Living Building Challenge (LBC) is widely considered the world’s most rigorous building performance standard. A Living Building generates all of its own energy through clean, renewable resources; captures and treats its own water; incorporates only non-toxic, appropriately sourced materials; and operates efficiently and for maximum beauty.…