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  • Lessons from the Label: A Just Fireside Chat

    Lessons from the Label: A Just Fireside Chat

    Explore lessons learned with a special discussion between ILFI’s Just team and leaders at Steinberg Hart For over 70 years, architecture and planning organization Steinberg Hart has been shaping environments and creating inspiring places through an idea driven, results-oriented approach to design. Join our next member event for a fireside chat between Charles Espedido, Just…

  • Climate Positive Design: Beyond Buildings

    Climate Positive Design: Beyond Buildings

    What role can our sites, landscapes, and infrastructure projects play in reducing emissions while increasing sequestration, and can these projects sequester more carbon than they emit? How can new tools and knowledge help inform site and building decisions throughout a project’s design phases? When ILFI debuted the Zero Carbon Certification, it was the first of…

  • Dispatches from the Regenerative Materials Movement

    Dispatches from the Regenerative Materials Movement

    How can we move the lever toward a healthier, more just materials economy? Join ILFI’s next member webinar featuring practitioners and advocates sharing their transformative insights about materials selection, equity in the materials economy, and how we leverage technology for accelerating positive change. This roundtable conversation will explore a bold vision for advancing the regenerative…

  • Living Future 2024: Change Starts Here

    Living Future 2024: Change Starts Here

    Living Future 2024 will bring together a dynamic community of practitioners, advocates, and allies tackling the most pressing challenges at the intersection of climate, health, and equity. This is your chance to showcase your impact and innovations to a global audience. Discover more about the event, explore the conference theme and tracks, and find out…

  • Making Good Happen: Shared Wisdom on LBC Project Management

    Making Good Happen: Shared Wisdom on LBC Project Management

    We know Living Buildings are possible — but Living, on time, and on budget? Whether you’re skeptical, a believer, or somewhere in between, we want you at ILFI’s next Living Future Member Webinar. We’ll be bringing together three incredible Living Building champions – Amanda Brookes (President, Catalyst Partners), Lauren McNeill (Sr. Sustainability Consultant, Group14), and…

  • Bringing the Living Building Challenge into Practice

    Bringing the Living Building Challenge into Practice

    How can we tap into the ethos of the world’s greenest standard to create regenerative buildings and communities that are sustainable, healthy, and equitable for all? Join Miller Hull and ILFI for an exclusive roundtable discussion about the key technical, strategic, biophilic, and creative details using Miller Hull’s five certified and three registered Living Building…

  • Honoring Human-Nature Connection: Lessons from Biophilic Design Awards

    Honoring Human-Nature Connection: Lessons from Biophilic Design Awards

    Eleven projects have been chosen as finalists for the Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award, which recognizes achievements in the built environment that demonstrate the principles and benefits of biophilic design. Join our next member webinar to learn more about select 2023 award finalists as well as the two award recipients. This event will explore…

  • 2023 Affordable Housing Summit

    2023 Affordable Housing Summit

    Join us on June 20th and 21st for ILFI’s Annual Affordable Housing Summit as we discuss how to move from practice to policy. The Living Building Challenge is a holistic building standard intended to be both a philosophical structure and an advocacy tool. We will be joined by practitioners in the affordable housing field who…

  • PFAS and The 2023 Red List: Identifying Essential Uses

    PFAS and The 2023 Red List: Identifying Essential Uses

    How can you identify situations when it’s necessary to use chemicals of concern in a building project? How can you use early design decisions to eliminate these situations in the first place? This year, ILFI is adding several thousand more PFAS to the Red List due to their harmful health and environmental impacts. ILFI is…

  • Project Team Meet-up: Place Petal

    Project Team Meet-up: Place Petal

    If you’re currently on a building project team, or curious to learn more about how teams assess cultural and social equity factors and incorporate indigenous knowledge into projects, sign up for our next member-led project team discussion. Please note: this event is only available to active Living Future Members. If you’re a member, find registration…