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May 31, 2012

Big challenges posed by living buildings

  • LEED tells you how to reach a desired level; the Living Building Challenge tells you what to achieve, but not how to do it.
    • By SAM BENNETT
    Special to the Journal

    Image courtesy of Hughes Condon Marler Architects [enlarge]
    UniverCity Childcare Centre in Burnaby, B.C., uses beetle-kill wood for its roof structure.

    Design challenges are part-and-parcel for any building that aspires to new levels of innovative sustainability.


     
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