Living Future Heroes

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PRESS RELEASE: Regenerative Retrofit: California’s First Living Building New book from industry leader in green building performance explores building reuse, water and energy independence, biophilic design, and a carbon-free future.  SEATTLE, WA., September 23, 2020—Ecotone Publishing, the industry’s original green architecture and design publisher, today announced the release of the seventh book in the Living Building Challenge Series titled Regenerative…

Over the next few weeks, we will be running a Q+A blog series in which we showcase the ten incredible change-makers who represent our 2019 Living Future Heroes. Introducing Victor Montero, CEO of the Regenerative Built Environment Institute and longtime Living Future Ambassador: Q: How are you involved with ILFI? A: I have been an Ambassador and Facilitator of the…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A blog series showcasing the ten incredible change-makers who represent our 2019 Living Future Heroes. Introducing Amy Johns, Senior Strategy Consultant for Integrated Eco Strategy (IES) and formerly Director of the Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives at Williams College: Q: How did you become involved with ILFI? A: I became involved with ILFI…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A blog series showcasing the ten incredible change-makers who represent our 2019 Living Future Heroes. Introducing Lauren Sparandara, REWS Sustainability Program Manager at Google: Q: How did you become involved with ILFI? A: For the last three years, I have been working to obtain the Living Building Challenge Materials Petal Certification for Google’s…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A blog series showcasing the ten incredible change-makers who represent our 2019 Living Future Heroes. Introducing Rochelle Routman, Chief Sustainability Officer at HMTX Industries: Q: How did you become involved with ILFI? A: I attended the 2012 Living Future unConference as a newcomer from the Southeast region of the US, and quickly noticed…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A blog series showcasing the ten incredible change-makers who represent our 2019 Living Future Heroes. Introducing Lisa Petterson, Principal at SRG Partnership: Q: How did you become involved with ILFI? A: I first time I heard about the Living Building Challenge was when Cascadia Green BC hired Jason McLennan. From the moment the…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A blog series showcasing the ten incredible change-makers who represent our 2019 Living Future Heroes. Introducing Joel Cesare, Sustainable Projects Manager at the City of Santa Monica: Q: How did you become involved with ILFI? A: I worked in the Bay Area at Skanska for two years and had colleagues working on the…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A blog series showcasing the ten incredible change-makers who represent our 2019 Living Future Heroes. Introducing Amira Ayoub, Sustainability Consultant for the Egypt Green Building Council: Q: How did you become involved with ILFI? A: In 2014, I started to learn about the Living Building Challenge (LBC) and reading about the flower metaphor. The…

This year, the Institute is celebrating ten individuals we believe to be heroes in the regenerative design community. These individuals, originally chosen for the Living Future Hero award, champion Living Future projects, products and values, share visionary ideas with their peers, and change the world with their environmental advocacy and leadership. The winners of the 2019 Living Future Hero Awards…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A blog series showcasing the ten incredible change-makers who represent our 2019 Living Future Heroes. Introducing Kathleen Ave, Climate Program Manager at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD): Q: How did you become involved with ILFI? A: California’s first Living Building is also the world’s first certified Adaptive Reuse project, renovated…

Over the next few weeks, we will run a Q+A blog series showcasing the ten incredible change-makers who represent our 2019 Living Future Heroes. Introducing Bert Gregory, Partner at Mithun: Q: How did you become involved with ILFI? A: I’m currently involved as juror for the Stephen Kellert Biophilic Design Awards, as a member of the Cascadia Congress, and recently participated in…