Join the visionary project team behind the Yale Divinity School’s Living Village in New Haven, Connecticut, as they discuss the strategies, triumphs, and challenges that informed this first-of-its-kind project. In response to the ongoing climate crisis, Yale Divinity School is constructing a regenerative student residential complex—the Living Village. The Living Village dares to answer one of the most profound theological challenges of our time and sets new standards for sustainability as the largest residential complex on a university campus to pursue the Living Building Challenge. Speakers

• Jason Jewhurst, Partner + Principal, Bruner/Cott Architects
• Gretchen Neeley, Senior Associate, Bruner/Cott Architects
• José Almiñana, Principal, Andropogon Associates
• Jan Koch, Project Manager, Shawmut Design and Construction

Learning objectives

1. Understand the importance of the relationship between facility managers and project designers in pursuing LBC Certification.
2. Recall approaches and strategies utilized by the YDS team in their pursuit of the LBC Materials Petal.
3. Explain the criticality of cultivating an integrated team on Living Building projects.
4. Describe innovative preconstruction tools, tasks, and project set-ups that can help projects achieve LBC Certification.

CEUs This webinar is approved for 1 LFA General credit and 1 AIA LU.

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