Friday, May 15, 2009

EcoCenter Goes in for the Living Building Challenge


We are very excited to be applying to become the first living buiding in San Francisco. It's alot of hard work, but we're getting there.

The Living Building Challenge Mission: To encourage the creation of Living Buildings, sites and Communities in countries around the world while inspiring, educating and motivating a global audience about the need for fundamental and transformative change.

The ILBI is a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to the creation of a truly sustainable built environment in all countries around the world. Comprised of the leading green building experts, futurists and thought-leaders, we believe that providing a compelling vision for the future is a fundamental requirement of reconciling humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

The Living Building Challenge is a program initially launched and continues to be operated by the Cascadia Region Green Building Council www.cascadiagbc.org (a chapter of both the US Green Building Council and Canada Green Building Council) and has quickly become the most advanced green building rating system in the world.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Thank you Rebuilding Together and Anderson Windows!





We received a beautiful donation of white terrazzo marble from the great folks at Rebuilding Together in San Francisco! I look forward to figuring out creative ways of using the marble!

Today we also received our gift of greenhouse windows from Anderson Windows!

Thank you both!