Living Future Europe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Leaders Call for Bold Action Where Climate, Health, and Equity Meet in the Built Environment Living Future 2021: Inclusion + Unity Highlights Leaders Building a Movement Built on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice April 23, 2020 (SEATTLE) – Living Future 2021: Inclusion + Unity put a spotlight on climate, health, and equity in the built environment, closing…

WHO WE ARE: Original, sustainable, healthy Looking on a map of Upper Austria in central Europe, you will find a vibrant and healthy river no bigger than most fly-fishing streams that I frequent in my home state of Maryland. The banks are gently sloping, carefully cradled by nature’s design where a buffer of perennial vegetation protects them from undue erosion…

Earlier this year, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) launched its 2020 Plan of Work, a comprehensive guidance document that organises the process of briefing, designing, constructing, and operating buildings into eight stages. The most significant revision in the 2020 plan is the inclusion of a Sustainability Project Strategy that is linked to the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge. While…

Can a building produce more energy than it consumes, exclusively from renewable sources? Certainly! This is demonstrated by Casa SN (named after its owners Sara and Nicola Berlanda) which has recently become the first building in Europe—and Italy—to be certified under the Zero Energy standard of the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). Casa SN is a single-family house located in…

Seattle/Bolzano—In December 2019 Ursula von der Leyen, newly-appointed President of the European Commission, said, “I want Europe to become the first climate-neutral continent in the world by 2050… to make this happen, we must take bold steps together…”  By the urging of—and overwhelming support from—our volunteer Network and European community, the International Living Future Institute has risen to Ursula von…

“Toxic chemicals threaten human health and compromise the resilience of our ecosystems,” said Amanda Sturgeon, CEO, of the International Living Future Institute, during last week’s launch event of the Declare EU label in South Tyrol, Italy. “Having better information will allow manufacturers, architects and designers to make the best decisions possible.” The Declare launch event was one of a series…

The nutrition label for products expands into Europe for manufacturers, architects and designers The Institute is thrilled to announce two upcoming events to celebrate our European launch of Declare: London: June 13 at Foster & Partners Paris: June 19 with ARP-Astrance January 24, 2019 (Bolzano, Italy)  – The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) and Living Future Europe Initiative (LFEI) announce the…