Molly Freed

Editor’s Note: Join us for the Affordable Housing Summit on June 17th, 2021! This year we are focusing on the residents and will talk about working with communities to build housing that improves the quality of life for the residents and for the broader neighborhood. We will dig in on topics like inclusive community engagement, trauma-informed design, biophilic design, healthy…

Learn more about water, the Living Building Challenge, and the latest trends in green building, at this year’s Living Future 2021: Inclusion + Unity conference, April 20-23. The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is proud to announce the release of our newest report for the green building community, A Decision-Maker’s Guide to Cost-Effective Residential Potable Water Reduction in Seattle, WA….

Creating Policy Conditions for A New Decade of Regenerative Buildings In response to the urgent crisis presented by climate change, small and large governments around the world are using the beginning of a new decade to look at fresh ways to address environmental issues through policymaking. Recognizing buildings as huge contributors to carbon emissions (averaging 40% of the global total),…

On June 25, 2018 the Seattle City Council passed an update to the current Seattle Living Building Pilot Program (LBC Pilot), alongside the creation of the new 2030 Challenge High Performance Existing Buildings Pilot Program (2030 Challenge Pilot). The update included increased incentives and a clarification to the penalty structure that will streamline the process of developing Living Buildings in the city….

Shoreline City Council adopts a Deep Green Incentive Program (DGIP) to continue the regenerative design momentum in the Puget Sound Region. Just in time for Earth Day, the Shoreline City Council adopted a Deep Green Incentive Program (DGIP) on April 17, 2017. The DGIP establishes a tiered incentive program for Living and Deep Green Buildings in the City of Shoreline…