"Living Building Challenge"

Living Building Challenge / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Lifestyle and environment

Resilient Homes; Why we need to build to withstand climate change events

...building certification programs such as Passive House and LEED are a great start, but some other programs that may be on the fringe at the moment like Powerhouse Positive Energy Buildings, Living Building Challenge (LBC) rating or Net Zero Energy or ZNE labelled homes are the future for efficient & resilient constr...

Living Building Challenge

What is the Living Building Challenge?

...Living Building Challenge. For further information and an indepth look into the program, you'll need to familiarize yourself with the Living Building Challenge Standard. Good Luck! Now you know about the Living Building Challenge. Find out about other green home rating systems below and in the Ecohome Green Buildin...

Green building certifications

All about green home certification programs and rating systems for USA & Canada

...Living Building Challenge: By far the hardest certification to achieve, the Living Building Challenge is for the hardcore green builder. This rating system comprises seven performance areas: Site, Water, Energy, Health, Equity, and Beauty. A 'living building' earns that title by generating all of its own energy and cap...

LEED Homes

What is LEED?

...buildings and homes administered by the CaGBC (Canada Green Building Council) to encourage sustainable building practices. While the commercial program has been in effect for much longer, LEED for Homes Canada was developed in 2009, and applies to single-family homes and low-rise multi-family units up to 3 stories. Mi...

Living Building Challenge

Taking the Living Building Challenge

...building rating systems in Canada, and LEED platinum is the highest award. The living Building standard exceeds that. There are 7 components to the Living Building Challenge: site, water, energy, health, materials, equity and beauty. As of yet, no building in Canada has been able to succeed in all categories. When comp...