Brad Kahn

Getting to Know the ILFI Board We sat down recently with board member Julie Hiromoto to ask her thoughts on ILFI’s direction, the building industry, and how her passion for dancing shaped her work on regenerative design. Given what you know about us, what is the most important thing the Institute does for the community? The International Living Future Institute…

Living Buildings offer permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness Communities are stronger when everyone has access to safe, affordable housing. This central principle guides the BLOCK Project, which offers homeowners in Seattle a tangible way to help address homelessness by placing a BLOCK Home in their yards.  “We want to use design to create a path for everyone to get…

The Heart of School creates a space for children to learn from nature To make the world a better place, learning places must be open spaces. This is the idea at the center of the Green School Bali, which is a radical departure from the experience founder John Hardy had growing up as a child with undiagnosed dyslexia. School put…

Biophilic Design Award winner connects children and nature in New Orleans With the world’s largest grove of live oaks stretching overhead, the Louisiana Children’s Museum was uniquely designed for New Orleans’ City Park. This didn’t happen by accident, but rather as an explicit commitment to the Museum’s CEO, Julia Bland. “This would be a building and place that could only…

Mona Nahm’s path to a Living Future was long and winding, and built on personal experiences.  She was in Thailand when the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami struck. The first Thai-English translator to reach a disaster site, she witnessed firsthand the fear people felt in the aftermath, as they realized everything they owned had been swept away. For Nahm,…

The International Living Future Institute announced the 2022 Living Future Heroes, along with the winner of the Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award and newly certified building projects, as Living Future 2022: Restoration + Justice came to a close.

As part of a planning process, ILFI deployed an online survey regarding facets of the organization and its messaging; the survey was completed by 790 people. An outside PR consultant, Brad Kahn, also conducted a set of 10 interviews with green building leaders – some of whom have participated in Living Building or Zero Energy projects, and others who have…

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the world’s most trusted forest certification, helps building project teams, consumers and companies identify and purchase products from responsibly managed forests. FSC conserves wildlife habitat, protects clean water and respects the rights of Native people and local communities on 170 million acres of forestland in the US and Canada.  While hundreds of companies offer FSC-certified building products in the…