Workshop Location: Eco Center, 32 Jennings St. at Cargo Way

Understanding the Living Building Challenge provides a 6-hour in-depth introduction to the Living Building Challenge. Attendees are the green building leaders in their community: design professionals, contractors, developers, owners, government officials and employees of public agencies. In short, anyone and everyone who can impact the development of the built environment.

Workshop Overview:

Learning Objectives: 
- Identify the key components of the Living Building Challenge 
- Discuss the rationale for restorative design principles 
- Understand successful strategies for compliance with each performance area 
- Recognize financial, regulatory and behavioral barriers and incentives related to high performance design
- Describe the Living Building Challenge Community resources and certification process

Added Benefits: 
- Approved for 6 GBCI Continuing Education hours 
- Approved for 6 AIA Learning Units credits 
- Continental breakfast and lunch included

Price*:

*Registration Fee includes workshop materials, morning coffee and lunch. 

**Choose Partner Member Registration at checkout. Your membership in your local Chapter or professional association is confirmed with that organization prior to the event. If your membership has lapsed, you will be responsible for the difference in price on the day of the event.

Sponsorship Opportunities are available. Please contact development [at] living-future [dot] org for details.

Our Expert Faculty

Eden is a licensed architect and co-author of Living Building Challenge 2.0. She has focused her professional career on incorporating socially and environmentally responsible strategies into design and construction. Since 1996, her work has included research and implementation of sustainable policies, particularly related to building certification and the specification of appropriate building materials. Eden received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master’s degree in Illustration from the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland.

She has consulted on dozens of green building projects nationally and internationally, authored articles for periodicals and lectured at conferences, universities and professional development programs. She now dedicates her time to the ongoing evolution and global deployment of the Living Building Challenge.