Living Building Challenge

Living Building Challenge Tests Design Team to Brew Coffee in Living Building

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Energy use at Georgia Tech Living Building measured down to a cup of coffee Espresso was too much to ask. The Kendeda Fund, August 14, 2017 The Living Building at Georgia Tech already had been spitting out energy challenges that members of its experienced design team hadn’t faced before. To meet the Living Building Challenge standard, the … Read more

Hampshire College Goes Net Zero

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Hampshire College

Lisa Markowski for Zondits, January 24, 2016. Image credit: Earth Dispatch Hampshire College, a liberal arts school known for its innovative learning structure, is on to something else interesting. Its new campus center building has been designed with net zero energy (NZE) heating, cooling, water gathering, and self-sustained wastewater treatment systems that are expected to … Read more