Green Options » Seminar II building http://greenoptions.com/tag/seminar-ii-building Posts tagged 'Seminar II building' Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Greenbuild 2007: Operational Building Winners http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/01/08/greenbuild-2007-operational-building-winners/ http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/01/08/greenbuild-2007-operational-building-winners/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:24:11 +0000 Kristin Dispenza http://greenbuildingelements.com/2008/01/08/greenbuild-2007-operational-building-winners/ OHSU Center for Health and Healing in Portland, ORLast week’s post outlined the Living Building Challenge, established by the Cascadia Region Green Building Council. The Cascadia Region GBC, together with the U.S. GBC, hosted the Greenbuild 2007 Living Building Competition and six winners were announced in November.

Awards were granted to two different types of projects: Operational and On the Boards. Operational buildings are required to have been in use for at least one year before being evaluated, since Living Building status is granted based upon actual performance. On the Boards project awards reflect the conceptual nature of the Living Building Challenge: the goal of the challenge is to stimulate innovation in sustainable building.

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