Certified Case Studies

The Frick Environmental Center is a Living Building dedicated to experiential environmental education. The new facility and its four-acre site act as a gateway to Pittsburgh’s wooded 644-acre Frick Park, and embody the neighborhood-to-nature ideal that served as inspiration for the Park’s formation more than 90 years ago. The Center exemplifies equity, experiential learning, and…

Etsy envisioned its new global headquarters as an opportunity to instigate change, to set a new standard for sustainable construction and design in a renovation project, and to create a space that reflected its values, especially those related to community, craft, and sustainability. They approached each decision with careful consideration of the long-term health of…

Arch | Nexus SAC is an adaptive reuse of an existing one-story structure, located at 930 R Street in Sacramento, California. The prior use of the warehouse/office was converted into a professional office for Architectural Nexus, Inc., an architectural firm with an integrated practice (planning, landscape architecture, interior design) reaching throughout the western United States…

Silver Oak began over a handshake between two friends with a bold vision: focus on one varietal, Cabernet Sauvignon, aged exclusively in American oak and worthy of cellaring for decades to come. Raymond Twomey Duncan, a Colorado entrepreneur who began investing in California vineyards in the late 1960s, and Justin Meyer, a winemaker and former Christian Brother, began…

The Brock Environmental Center will be the beachhead for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s (CBF) lower bay programs, bringing the community together to solve complex environmental issues and empower the next generation of citizens through environmental education programs in the Chesapeake Bay. The center is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where the Chesapeake Bay meets the…

VITAL STATS Certification Status Petal Certified Version of LBC 3.1 Location Cowichan Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Project Area 232 square meters Start of Occupancy August 2019 Number of Occupants 4 TEAM ROSTER Owners Kenneth Chooi and Fiona McLagan Architect Green Point Design Collective Passive House Consultant Nido Design Inc. Design Team Green Point Design…

Standing above the High Line in the heart of New York City’s hustle bustle Meatpacking District, the Delos Global Headquarters at 860 Washington Street serves as a beacon illustrating the best practices meeting the highest building certification standards available for adoption today. It is in this neighborhood by the Hudson River where historic urban relics…

VITAL STATS Certification Status Petal Certified Version of LBC 3.1 Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Gross Building Area 18,568 square meters Start of Occupancy December 2019 Owner Occupied Yes Number of Occupants 150 regular occupants; 2,000,000 visitors PROJECT TEAM Developer Frasers Property Architect NH Architecture Interior Designer Russell & George Interior Architect Zwei Creative Consultancy Right…

Desert Rain is a residential compound, located on a 0.7-acre parcel on the edge of a historic downtown neighborhood. The focal point is the building called Desert Rain: a 2236-square foot, one-story residence with a stucco exterior, graceful rooflines and a striking curved wall which greets visitors on approach. The wall threads through the building…