Jessica Bristow

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Jessica is the Director of the Living Building Challenge team, nested within the Programs + Innovation group at ILFI. In her role, she is responsible for directing the evolution, development, and maintenance of ILFI’s building programs which currently include: Living Building Challenge (LBC), Core Green Building (Core), Zero Energy (ZE), and Zero Carbon (ZC). Jessica has worked as an architect in the private and public sectors of New York City in architecture, construction, sustainability, and high-performance design. She deeply believes in the importance of healthy and ecologically restorative buildings and is excited to see and help the industry grow toward a more equitable and living future.
Living Building Challenge Zero Carbon Zero Energy

Refined & Aligned

A New Chapter for ILFI’s Building Programs In the ever-evolving landscape of sustainable building standards, ILFI has consistently been at the “tip of the spear,” defining a vision for the future, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, and challenging practitioners of the built environment to reach new heights of performance and impact. Recognizing the clear role that buildings play in…

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Embodied Carbon

Embodied Carbon Alignment: Moving Faster, Together!

After years of collaboration amongst various individual groups, built environment industry leaders came together for the first time at one table on March 14th, 2023, in Seattle, Washington, to discuss a potential coalition to accelerate and strategize how to reduce embodied carbon in the built environment rapidly. The group was composed of representatives from a set of NGOs and professional…

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