Certified Case Studies

  • ROCKY ROAD STRAW BALE | COMMUNITY REBUILDS

    ROCKY ROAD STRAW BALE | COMMUNITY REBUILDS

    Moab, UT


    VITAL STATS Certification Status Zero Energy Certified Location Moab, UT, USA Typology Building Project Area 1,150 SF Owner Occupied Yes Number of Occupants 1 PROJECT TEAM Owner Zach Arhens Contractor Community Rebuilds Founding Director Emily Niehaus Executive Director Rikki Eperson Planner Reid Saunders BUILDING SYSTEMS INFORMATION Wall R value and section specification 30. Strawbale Roof…


    Renovation

  • SFO – 1057 – AIRFIELD OPERATIONS FACILITY (AOF)

    SFO – 1057 – AIRFIELD OPERATIONS FACILITY (AOF)

    San Francisco, CA


    VITAL STATS Certification Status Zero Energy Certified Location San Francisco, CA, USA Typology Renovation Project Area 20,240 SF Start of Occupancy June 2014 Owner Occupied Yes Number of Occupants 12 PROJECT TEAM Owner San Francisco International Airport Owner Representative Joshua Heth (City and County of San Francisco) Project Manager Raniel Camacho (City and County of…


    Renovation

  • THE CORK HAUS

    THE CORK HAUS

    Seattle, WA, USA


    LBC 3.1

    VITAL STATS Certification Status Zero Energy Certified Version of LBC 3.1 Location Seattle, WA, USA Typology Building Project Area 1,711 SF Start of Occupancy January 2015 Owner Occupied Yes Occupancy Type Single Family Residence Number of Occupants 2 PROJECT TEAM Owner Dwell Development Owner Representative Anthony Maschmedt Architect JW Architects Energy Engineer Evergreen Certified Key…


    Building

  • WILDE LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL

    WILDE LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL

    Columbia, MD


    VITAL STATS Certification Status Zero Energy Certified Location Columbia, MD, USA Typology Building Project Area 106,622 SF Owner Occupied Yes Occupancy Type Educational Number of Occupants 800 PROJECT TEAM Owner Howard County Public School System Project Manager Howard County Public School System General Contractor Oak Contracting, LLC Architect TCA Architects, LLC MEP Engineer James Posey…


    Building

  • ZERO ENERGY LOMBARDO WELCOME CENTER

    ZERO ENERGY LOMBARDO WELCOME CENTER

    Millersville, PA


    VITAL STATS Certification Status Zero Energy Certified Location Millersville, PA, USA Typology Building Project Area 14,600 SF Owner Occupied Yes Occupancy Type Business Number of Occupants 45 PROJECT TEAM Owner Thomas Waltz (Millersville University) Project Manager Steve Strock (Millersville University) General Contractor James Dipaolantonio (Perrotto Builders, Ltd.) Architect Russel Palaca (Spillman Farmer Architects) MEP Engineer…


    Building

  • BEREA COLLEGE DEEP GREEN STUDENT RESIDENCE

    BEREA COLLEGE DEEP GREEN STUDENT RESIDENCE

    Berea, Kentucky, USA


    Founded in 1855 by Reverend John G. Fee in Kentucky, Berea College is one of the nation’s most distinctive liberal arts colleges and the South’s first interracial and coeducational college. Berea’s century-and-a-half commitment to social equity continues today and is expressed through the college’s mission statement, otherwise known as their Great Commitment, that places a…


    Building

  • CLASS OF 1966 ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE

    CLASS OF 1966 ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE

    Williamstown, MA


    LBC 2.1

    The Class of 1966 Environmental Center on the campus of Williams College houses the Environmental Studies department and the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives. The project began in 2013 when Williams College instituted its first Environmental Science majors and made the operational decision to co-locate the department with the college’s Center for Environmental Initiatives. The…


    Building

  • ECO-SENSE RESIDENCE VICTORIA

    ECO-SENSE RESIDENCE VICTORIA

    Victoria, BC, Canada


    The creation of Eco-Sense was the dream of Ann and Gord Baird to build a sustainable home for their three generation family of six. A home that functions as a part of the eco-system where there is no line that separates where the dwelling ends and where nature begins. The family walks the talk of…


    Renovation

  • EPSTEN GROUP, INC

    EPSTEN GROUP, INC

    Atlanta, GA, USA


    LBC 3.1

    vital stats *  The project was registered under LBC 3.1, but when 4.0 was released, the team opted to pursue the requirements of the 4.0 version of the Materials Petal. Because the Petal certification structure and remaining Petals correspond to the 3.1 version of the Living Building Challenge, though the requirements of the 4.0 Materials…


  • GADDY HOUSE

    GADDY HOUSE

    Clarksville, MD


    LBC 2.1

    The vision for the house and surroundings was to build the most environmentally friendly and beautiful house possible in the most socially responsible way possible. In more detail, the visions for the house were to: Build an attractive solar powered residence that produced more energy than it consumed Construct the house in a way that…


    Infrastructure + Landscape