Certified Case Studies
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Phipps Center for Sustainable Landscapes
Pittsburgh, PA
Full Living Certified
LBC 2.1
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Garden’s mission is to inspire and educate all with the beauty and importance of plants, advance sustainability and human and environmental wellbeing through action and research, and to celebrate its historic glass houses. The mission of the organization is evident in the Center for Sustainable Landscapes (CSL). A restored brownfield is…
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HAWAI’I PREP ACADEMY ENERGY LAB
Kamuela, HI, USA
Full Living Certified
Conceived as a high school science building dedicated to the study of alternative energy, the new Energy Lab at Hawaii Preparatory Academy functions as a zero-net-energy, fully sustainable building. The project’s fundamental goal is that of educating the next generation of students in the understanding of environmentally conscious, sustainable living systems. The building’s donor, the…
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GOOGLE CHICAGO RENOVATION
Chicago, IL, USA
Petal Certified
LBC 3.0
Google had outgrown its current office space in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, IL. Projecting future growth and increasing employee count, the company decided it needed more square feet of office space. Google leased 350,000 GSF of commercial office space in the West Loop neighborhood from local developer/building manager Sterling Bay. As part of…
Renovation
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MILLER HULL SEATTLE STUDIO
PETAL CERTIFIED Built on the values and principles of sustainability, forty years ago Dave Miller and Bob Hull founded a firm that has led the way in creating architecture that responds to and respects its natural surroundings. The Miller Hull Partnership continues this founding tradition as they are involved with a number of Living Buildings…
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LIVING COMMUNITY PATTERNS: EXPLORATORY STRATEGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The City of San Francisco has long sought to address the challenges of ensuring a sustainable and resilient future for its residents. One of the ways the City is responding to the challenge is through a collaboration between the San Francisco Planning Department and the Institute to create strategies for sustainability planning. Check out the Patterns and the San Francisco Consulting…
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Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design
Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology physically supports instruction and research, and serves as a public forum for related campus engagement and community outreach activities. The project provides a unique opportunity to physically demonstrate how Georgia Tech practices sustainability as well as…
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THE FRICK ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Full Living Certified
LBC 2.1
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…
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First Hill & Surrounding Neighborhoods
Seattle, WA, USA
EXPLORATORY PROJECT The First Hill area and surrounding neighborhoods in Seattle are the main focus in the Living Community Challenge’s second round of pilot cities. The Institute and partners have been working to create a Living Community Vision for the neighborhood that will guide neighborhood groups, planners, and developers in their work in the community. This document is…
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Etsy Headquarters
Brooklyn, NY
Petal Certified
LBC 3.0
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…
Renovation
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Arch | Nexus SAC
Sacramento, CA
Full Living Certified
LBC 3.0
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…
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