In the News

Below is a repository of select articles, as well as a handful of audio features, about Living Building Challenge from leading publications. These are posted in reverse chronological order and link directly to PDF's that will download automatically onto your desktop.

If you've read or written about ILBI or Living Building Challenge and do not see your piece listed below, please contact Darby Strong, darby {at} cascadiagbc (dot) org, so that it can be added to the archive.

RADIO

Living Building -Washington U's Tyson Research Center  / August 18, 2009

- Janine Benyus and Jason McLennan

PRINT

2010

Oregon Live / February 4, 2010
Gasoline Station Being Reborn as Community Center by African American Sorority in North Portland

Building Green / February 1, 2010
Seattle Bends Rules for Living Buildings

Portland Tribune / January 25, 2010
Local Officials Take Oregon Sustainability Center Message to DC

Methow Valley News / January 20, 2010
Turning Five Visions Into One

Grist / January 15, 2010
Dispatches from the Phoenix Green Building Conference

Rob Aid / January 14, 2010
Green Architecture - HPA Energy Lab in Hawaii

Facility Manager / January 13, 2010
Top 10 Green Building Trends of 2010

IMAGINiT / January 12, 2010
Thought Leadership in the Green Architecture Movement - An Interview with Jason F. McLennan

Hawaii 24/7 / January 8, 2010
HPA Opens New Energy Lab at Waimea Campus

2009

EcoLife STL / December 28, 2009
Living Learning Center to be the First Living Building in the Country

Seattle Post Globe / December 27, 2009
2009 Capitol Hill Development Year in Review

Seattle Post Globe / December 21, 2009
Green building? Pshaw. Race is on in Capitol Hill to build WA's 1st "Living Building"

Canada.com Network / December 19, 2009
The Green Movement is Maturing, but There's Still Much to be Done

Sustainable Cities Collective / December 18, 2009
The Living Building Challenge

West Seattle Herald / December 15, 2009
New Standards for Livability, Sustainability, and Affordability in Seattle Neighborhoods

Back To Nature Design / December 15, 2009
Team of Seattle Green Building Professionals Forms to Make an Ultra Sustainable Building a Reality – For Free

DJC / December 15, 2009
Program Could Lead to 12 New Living Buildings

Build Intel / December 3, 2009
Introducing the Living Building Challenge 2.0

Sustainable Industries / November 25, 2009
Bainbridge Island Creates Green Building Incentives

Penticon Western News / November 24, 2009
College Expansion Taking Place

EMagazine / November 22, 2009
Dear EarthTalk: Can You Explain What a 'Living Building' Is?

One Green Tech / November 20, 2009
Living Building Challenge 2.0: Un Nuovo Standard per la Bioedilizia e il Green Building

DJC / November 17, 2009
Living Building Challenge Goes Broader and Deeper

YES Magazine / November 16, 2009
Living Building Challenge 2.0 Aims for a Green, Just Built Environment

Examiner / November 15, 2009
Move Over LEED, is ILBI More Green?

Mother Nature Network / November 13, 2009
Living Building Challenge Version 2 Released

City Farmer News / November 13, 2009
International Living Building Institute Addresses Urban Agriculture

DJC / November 12, 2009
Sustainability Center May Have Unique Top in Bid to be Net-Zero

Big Island Weekly / November 11, 2009
HPA Energy Lab Hailed as One of the Best in the Country

Greener Buildings / November 11, 2009
Greenbuild 2009: Of Certificates, Solar and Smart Grid

Inhabitat / November 11, 2009
Beyond LEED: Living Building Challenge 2.0 Certification Unveiled

Northern Ontario Business / November 9, 2009
Cambrian to Start Sustainable Energy Centre in 2010

Sustainable Industries / November 2, 2009
Silver Bullitt

Sustainable Industries / November 2, 2009
Living Building Challenge Spreads its Petals

DJC / November 2, 2009
KCTS 9 Gets $100k Grant for Building

Greener Design / October 22, 2009
At the Bioneers Conference, Living Building Challenge is a Growing Idea

Oregon Live / October 13, 2009
Work Started on 'Living Building' Community Center in North Portland

Bend Bulletin / October 10, 2009
Let's Just Go Extreme

Penticon Western News / October 8, 2009
Public Given Preview of College Expansion

The Skanner / October 5, 2009
Deltas Break Ground on 'Living Building Community' Center

BuildingConnections / September 30, 2009
City Launches Expedited Permit for Green Projects

AIArchitects / September 18, 2009
Buildings Brought to Life: The First Building to Meet the Living Building Challenge is Only Months Away

Sustainability Television / September 15, 2009
The Living Building Challenge: An Interview With Jason McLennan

DJC / September 14, 2009
Red List Challenges Living Building Architects

DJC / September 9, 2009
DOWA Architects take Sustainability to School

ED+C / September 1, 2009
Web Exclusive: Pursuing the Living Building Challenge

Huffington Post / August 14, 2009
A Triumph in Ecological Design - America's First "Living Building"

DJC Seattle / August 6, 2009
For Green to Grow, Codes Need to Change (Sub. Req'd)

i Greenbuild dot com / August 4, 2009
Katz Reviews Cascadia Code Report

Earthwitness / August 3, 2009
Omega's Landmark Achievement

The Trowell / August 2009
Taking Stock: How to Grow the Green Building Industry

BD+C / July 30, 2009
Building Codes and Regulations Impede Progress Toward Uber-green Buildings

Gazette / July 30, 2009
Nonprofit's Project Will Seek Energy Independence

Chicago Tribune / July 22, 2009
Going Net Zero For Effect

Shambhala Sun Space / July 22, 2009
Omega Institute’s Earth Dharma

Treehugger / July 22, 2009
Chicago Net-Zero House

Arch Daily / July 22, 2009
AIA 2009 COD Competition / First Prize Albert M. McDonald

Massage Magazine / July 20, 2009
Omega Unveils Landmark Achievement in Green Building

UPI / July 17, 2009
Omega Seeks Living Building Status

PR dot com / July 17, 2009
Salvaged Materials Find a Home

AEDI Construction Blog / July 16, 2009
The Living Building

Jetson Green / July 15, 2009
Beyond Platinum City Hall Proposal

San Diego Union Tribune / July 15, 2009
Green Governing

Jetson Green / July 15, 2009
Omega Center Seeks World's First Living Building Certification

Fast Company / July 15, 2009
What's Even Greener Than LEED

Oregonian / July 14, 2009
Bright Lights A Living Building takes shape

Inhabitat / July 07, 2009
Omega Center for Sustainable Living Opens

Construction Today / July 2, 2009
Study Shows Green Buildings Are Affordable

Fast Company / July 1, 2009
Tour of America's First Zero-Impact, Supergreen "Living Building"

E Magazine / July 1, 2009
The First Living Building Sets the Bar

Hawaii247.org / June 26, 2009
Energy lab coming to HPA  Campus

Chronogram Magazine / June 25, 2009
Local Luminary:Skip Backus

Goldstream News Gazette / June 25, 2009
Royal Roads gifted underwater old-growth

AIArchitect / June 19, 2009
Oregon Sustainability Center Will Be a Locally Grown Original

DJC / June 19, 2009
Living Building a Passionate Pursuit

Seattle Real Estate News / June 16, 2009
Living Building Planned at Capital Hill

DJC.com / June 16, 2009
Bullitt Foundation Plans Uniquely Northwest Building

DJC / June 16, 2009
Big Plan for Small Portland Project

Chronicle of Higher Education / June 2, 2009
'Living Building' Opens at Washington U in St. Louis

ABC7 LA / June 2, 2009
Washington University's Living Learning Center...

Reuters / June 1, 2009
Green Buildings Live up to the Challenge

Environmental Building News (subscription required) / June 1, 2009
The Living Building Challenge:Can it Really Change the World?

AIArchitect / May 22, 2009
Oregon Center Relies on Big-Time Collaboration...

Canwest News Service / May 20, 2009
A Mud Hut for the 21st Century

Ecohome / May 19, 2009
Study Examines Cost Effectiveness of Living Buildings

Portland Architect / May 18, 2009
Sustainability Center design team studies options, seeks feedback

Oregonian / May 14, 2008
Stripping Away Efficiency

San Diego Business, Finance, Real Estste / May 14, 2009
Green Buildings Saving Energy and Water

Sustainable Industries / May 14, 2009
Home for Living Buildings Launched

Building Design + Construction / May 7, 2009
ILBI Established

Sustainable Industries / April 21, 2009
Living Buildings Gain Financial Cred

Daily Journal of Commerce / April 15, 2009
Living Buildings Can be Cost Effective

Seattle Post-Intelligencer / April 14, 2009
Does Green Building Make Cents

Solar Energy News / April 14, 2009
Cascadia Announces Landmark Financial Study...

GreenSource / March 2009
Aiming for the Stars: A Manifesto in the Guise of a Standard Raises the Bar

Daily Journal of Commerce / March 25, 2009
Sustainability Center Eco Charrette

Oregon Live / March 24, 2009
Sustainable Building Plans Greenest of Greens

Hudson Valley Green Times / March 21, 2009
Omega's Water of Life Conference

Daily Journal of Commerce /  January 28, 2009
Living Building Challenge Lives Up to its Name in Recession

The Oregonian / January 16, 2009
An Uncommon Commons

2008

Daily Journal of Commerce / November 19, 2008
Brothers Aim to Meet Living Building Challenge with SE Portland Residence

AIArchitect / October 31, 2008
The Design Alliance's Center for Sustainable Landscapes Finds Ultimate Sustainability in the Balance

Sustainable Industries / October 10, 2008
Study Digs into Living Buildings

Kelowna Capital News / September 11, 2008
Buildings of Today Called Unsustainable

Environmental Building News (subscription required) / September 01, 2008
The Challenge of Creating Living Buildings

Plenty Magazine / August 19, 2008
Structures So Green they Give Back to the Environment

AIA Cote Notes / Summer 2008
Of Living Buildings

Cool Hunting / June 9, 2008
Cascadia Living Building Challenge and Leader Program

Vancouver Sun / May 22, 2008
VanDusen Unveils Ambitious Reno Plans

Plenty Magazine / May 2, 2008
More precious than Platinum (LEED's highest honor)

Architect Magazine Online / May 1, 2008
Automatic Architecture

The Oregonian / April 11, 2008
Portland Home Goes Ultra-Green

The Columbian / March 2, 2008
A Green House Grows in Felida

2007

The Columbian / December 31, 2007
A Green House Will Grow in Felida

The Oregonian / December 20, 2007
Now this will be Life at the Sustainable Edge

KUOW / December 18, 2007
Greendays:Northwest Eco-building radio interview - MP3 - 12.4MB

Portland Tribune / December 11, 2007
'Living Building' Set to Go

BuildingGreen.com / December 2007
Cascadia's Challenge Moves Beyond Buildings

Daily Journal of Commerce / November 28, 2007
3 Northwest Projects Win Awards for 'Living Buildings'

Metropolis Magazine / November 21, 2007
Can LEED Survive the Carbon-Neutral Era?

GreenerBuildings.com / October 31, 2007
The Living Building Challenge: How Limits Can Liberate

Environmental Design and Construction / September 06, 2007
Living Building Challenge Competition Launched - Awards to be presented at Greenbuild 2007

Sustainable Industries / June 29, 2007
Out on a Limb

Daily Journal of Commerce / May 23, 2007
Portland's Living Building Will Be Costly Experiment

Daily Journal of Commerce / May 10, 2007
Visionary Ideas Turn Blight Into Green

Daily Journal of Commerce / May 1, 2007
Mithun and Perkins + Will Win Green Design Contest

Daily Journal of Commerce / April 30, 2007
Beyond Platinum

Healthy Building News / April 24, 2007
Jason of Cascadia: Green Warrior

Daily Journal of Commerce / April 13, 2007
Green Building: Ready for the Next Challenge?

Architect Magazine / April 1, 2007
The Good, The Bad...Where is the Design in Sustainable Design?

TurningTheShip.com/ March 6, 2007
Living Buildings and the Competitive Advantage of High Performance

Daily Journal of Commerce / February 22, 2007
Can Buildings Be Free of Fossil Fuels by 2030?

2006

Environmental Design + Construction / December 01, 2006
Cascadia Region Green Building Council issues "Living Building Challenge," aims to advance green building performance

2002

World & I / April, 2002
Toward the Living Workplace

1999

World & I / October, 1999
The Living Building