About Us

Mission: To encourage the creation of Living Buildings, Sites and Communities in countries around the world while inspiring, educating and motivating a global audience about the need for fundamental and transformative change.

The ILBI is a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the creation of a truly sustainable built environment in all countries around the world.  Comprised of the leading green building experts, futurists and thought-leaders, we believe that providing a compelling vision for the future is a fundamental requirement of reconciling humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

The Living Building Challenge is a program initially launched and continues to be operated by the Cascadia Region Green Building Council www.cascadiagbc.org (a chapter of both the US Green Building Council and Canada Green Building Council) and has quickly become the most advanced green building rating system in the world.  The program was conceived and authored by Jason F. McLennan, CEO of Cascadia, prior to joining the organization.

Cascadia

The ILBI was founded in 2009 by the Cascadia Region Green Building Council.

The Cascadia Region Green Building Council is named for the Cascadia bioregion, which covers land that drains to the Pacific Ocean through the greatest temperate rain forests on the planet. Cascadia promotes the design, construction and operation of buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live, work and learn throughout Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in December 1999, and incorporated in British Columbia under the Society Act in 2008, Cascadia is one of three original chapters of the United States Green Building Council. It is also the largest chapter of the Canada Green Building Council.

For more information, visit www.cascadiagbc.org