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A
B
A
We
have
the
first
of
a
series
of
webinars
on
the
open
building
institute,
as
in
the
Kickstarter
we
recently
funded
successfully.
First
first
lecture
today
is
above
the
Living
Building
Challenge,
which
is
part
of
the
goals
for
our
project,
that
open
building
Institute,
which
is
the
highest
certification
mark
for
regent
of
construction,
has
been
created
by
the
good
people
from
VN,
IM
architects.
There,
a
world-renowned
architecture
firm
and
today
at
Phaedra's,
spec
who's
a
an
architect.
She
is
listed
at
BN
IM.
A
B
B
If
any
of
you
can
see
that
little
housekeeping
things
about
technology
that
will
help
the
webinar
be
more
smooth
and
part
of
it
is
that
if
you
use
the
gotomeeting,
if
you
could
call
in
on
your
personal
phones,
usually
that
makes
your
web
a
little
bit
faster
and
if
you
do
that,
it
will
could
cause
interference
on
the
line.
So
make
sure
you
have
your
open
mics
closed
or
your
phone
set
to
mute
and
we'll
have
a
time
at
the
end
for
some
questions,
and
you
can
also
type
in
questions
in
the
chat
box.
B
B
Okay,
welcome
from
the
open
building,
Institute
and
I
want
to
share
a
little,
but
it's
just
a
little
bit
of
history
about
how
we've
been
involved
in
with
the
Living
Building
Challenge.
So
one
thing
you
said
was
that
we
created
it
and
I
think
that's
a
little
bit
true,
but
also
not
entirely
true.
So
years
ago,
Bob
berkebile
on
the
left
here
who
had
really
intended
to
it,
join
us
today.
He
had
a
little
bit
of
minor
surgery
and
is
in
recovery
and
his
doctor
will
not
release
him
to
come
today.
But
he's
healing.
C
B
It
was
a
research
project
and
during
the
day
we
would
work
hard
on
that
project,
and
it
just
so
happened
that
many
of
the
consultants
on
that
project
15
years
ago
now
were
also
the
founding
members
of
the
US
Green
Building
Council,
who
were
trying
desperately
to
develop
lead,
which
was
a
new
tool
in
those
days
and
over
drinks
and
desserts,
5
and
Jason.
Particularly
with
all
these
consultants
would
talk
about
the
future
of
the
industry
and
how
lead
was
going
to
transform
things
and
quickly
determined
that
lead
was
not
going
to
be
enough.
C
B
Talking
about
well,
what
does
that?
What
do
we
need
to
be
doing
to
achieve
what
has
to
happen
on
the
planet
and
then
it?
Luckily,
at
that
time
there
were
people
like
a
Murray
lovins
from
the
Rocky
Mountain
Institute
and
Denis
venice
from
the
biomimicry
institute,
and
they
were
starting
to
help
explore
ideas
of
living
systems
and
biology,
and
how
does
how
does
a
building
relate
to
living
systems
and
they
quickly
I
just
got
March
and
face
popped
up
there
gorgeously
room
there?
B
The
metaphor
of
a
living
building
and
a
flower
became
the
the
beginning,
thoughts
about
living
building
challenge
and
what
would
that
look
like
and
so
then
Jason
left
be
and
I
am
and
became.
The
Cascadia
chapter
of
the
US
Green
Building
Council's
CEO
and
together
Bob
and
Jason,
launched
the
Living
Building
Challenge,
and
then
Jason
went
on
to
launch
the
International
Living
future
Institute,
which,
which
administers
and
developed
it
and
through
three
versions
of
that
system.
B
Now
we
have
been
at
BN
IM,
trying
to
understand
what
that
looks
like
in
the
built
environment,
and
so
we
had
one
of
the
first
of
living
buildings,
which
is
the
Omega
center
in
Rhinebeck
New
York,
which
is
the
first
yoga
studio.
That
is
also
wastewater
treatment
facility
and
we
also
built
a
treehouse
for
the
Boy
Scouts
that
complies
with
Living
Building
Challenge.
So
you
can
see
how
there
are
many
different
scales
to
the
project's
most
recently
I've
been
involved
in
Kansas
City
understanding
how
to,
as
we
thought,
thought
about
moving
our
headquarters.
B
This
is
my
history
now
with
with
living
building
challenge,
trying
to
understand
how,
in
an
urban
scale
in
the
urban
core
to
apply
these
principles,
and
so
that's
that's
a
long
story
about
our
background
in
living
building
challenge,
and
maybe
why
we're
here
today
talking
to
you
about
this,
but
the
open
building
Institute
has
asked
us
to
share.
How
does
this?
How
does
this
impact
you?
B
And
many
of
you
are
starting
to
be
collaborators
and
what
that
looks
like
and
how
to
do
it
on
the
ground
and
it's
very
exciting
for
us
to
watch
what
you
are
all
doing,
because
this
is
a
really
critical
and
interesting
time
in
our
history,
where
Bob
and
I
see
that
many
things
are
going
to
change
in
the
housing.
Will
we
predict?
B
This
is
a
from
an
article.
Bob
wrote
an
interview
he
gave
to
residential
architects
called
regenerative
housing
by
2020,
and
it
was
a
prediction-
a
bold
prediction
at
the
time
when
he
wrote
this
article,
but
as
he
continues
to
work
through
development
projects
here
in
Kansas
City
that
are,
as
a
multi-family
residential
scale
he's
finding
that
these
things
are
actually
coming
true.
And
so
we
hope
that
you'll
find
those
things
coming
through
as
you
embark
on
your
projects,
but.
A
B
A
I
made
there
for
a
second,
so
just
the
last
picture
that
was
our
five
day
build
of
the
sea,
an
aquaponic
greenhouse.
What
you
see
there
is
a
team
of
about
60
people.
We
built
the
structure,
the
main
house
in
five
days
and
the
greenhouse
and
another
five.
So
we
are
actively
in
the
process
of
pursuing
a
lot
of
the
high
quality
environmental
aspects
that
we're
discussing
here.
That's
a
live
experiment
and
press
and.
B
It's
very
inspiring
to
me
because
so
often
I
feel
like
as
a
consultant
and
a
working
for
a
big
architecture
and
planning
firm
I
feel
like
we're
always
trying
to
change
the
industry
and
change
the
world
and
and
make
the
the
whole
community
find
better
ways.
But
of
course,
to
do
that
means
incremental
baby
steps
and
I
love
watching
that
you
that
the
way
that
you
set
your
vision
towards
something
and
then
one
step
at
a
time
you
get
there
very
quickly
and
with
each
iteration
it
gets
better
and
better
and
better
and
I
know.
B
That's
the
whole
idea
behind
your
open
source,
ecology,
which
is
just
such
an
exciting
experiment
and
I.
Think
the
real
promise
for
today's
lecture
is
the
beginning
of
a
long
relationship
where
we
connect
better
to
the
Living
Building
Challenge,
the
open
source,
ideas
and
approach
that
you
have
to
this
project.
It's
very,
very
exciting
in
my
mind,
but
so
nothing
Bob
predicted
was
that
in
by
2020
the
year
of
perfect
vision,
homes
in
demand
will
bear
little
resemblance
to
those
that
in
Bob's
generation
were
raised
in
or
my
decorations.
B
For
that
matter,
housing
will
be
healthier
for
residents,
for
the
community,
for
the
planet
and
buyers
will
require
site
specific
performance
based
information
via
web
applications
and
he's
finding
that
this
is
already
true
with
the
advent
of
many
of
apple's
home
monitoring
programs
and
many
other
manufacturers
as
well.
But
this
will
inform
their
decisions
about
which
homes
to
rent
or
purchase
the
same
technology
will
remotely
control
the
comfort
of
residents
and
their
operations.
B
As
it's
a
of
this
applet
of
its
appliances
and
its
security
system,
and
even
its
music
and
media,
while
simultaneously
negotiating
with
utility
providers
for
clean
power
as
a
base
best
rate
that
there
will
be
amenities
that
are
not
even
currently
well
defined.
That
will
influence
consumer
decisions
and
in
his
work
as
a
developer.
He's
he's
realizing
that
those
are
things
like
zipcar's
available
to
drive
so
that
you
don't
have
to
own
a
car
and
grocery
stores
that
bring
csa
to
the
building
and
things
like
that.
B
Sharing
of
rakes
and
shovels
and
media
equipment
and
all
kinds
of
common
spaces.
Our
amenities
that
we
don't
usually
think
about.
But
now
are
becoming
consumer
choices
and
he's
also
finding
that
requests
for
net
positive
energy
and
water
will
become
common
and
interest
in
proximity
to
work.
Good
food,
recreation
and
entertainment
will
be
the
norm
and,
of
course,
as
Millennials
and
baby
boomers
start
to
move
downtown
to
walkable
communities
where
they
can
age
in
place
or
live
a
life
of
that
integrates
all
parts
of
their
existence.
B
B
So
there
are
a
few
overview
things
that
I
want
to
touch
on
and
I'm
not
going
to
go
too
deeply
today
into
any
of
the
details
about
living
building
challenge.
But
all
of
this
stuff
is
available
online,
to
review
I'm,
hoping
to
give
you
a
nice
overview
of
the
system
and
to
really
try
to
show
you
a
few
residential
scale.
Examples
of
what
of
issues
that
you
might
think
about
in
design.
B
Pedal
certification,
which
is
three
of
the
pedals,
and
one
of
those,
must
be
energy,
water
or
materials,
and
the
first
imperative
which
has
to
do
with
how
you
select
your
site
to
make
sure
that
you
haven't
selected
a
sensitive
site.
That
is
like
a
wetland
or
a
farmland
or
something
like
that,
and
then
the
20th
imperative
is
the
one
that
relates
to
the
educational
components
and
the
educational
program.
That's
an
integral
part
of
your
process.
B
So
the
one
of
the
major
points
behind
living
building
challenge
is
that
when
you
choose
to
certify
you're
choosing
to
become
a
part
of
this
community,
that
is
learning
together
and
just
like
open
source,
ecology,
you're
trying
to
you're
committing
to
share
what
you're
learning
with
everyone
else
who
comes
after
you.
So
and
also
you
benefit
from
what
everyone
has
learned
ahead
of
you.
So
that
is
part
of
their
fundamental
thinking
as
well.
B
That
you
achieve
everything
within
the
energy
pedal
plus
the
first
imperative
and
the
twentieth
imperative.
The
little
subtle
difference
is
that
in
the
energy
pedal
for
full
certification,
you
actually
have
to
provide
more
renewable
energy
than
your
building
demand
by
5%
to
build
in
a
little
bit
of
resilience,
whereas
net
zero
energy
allows
you
to
simply
meet
your
energy
demand
and
be
truly
Net
Zero.
B
So
those
are
three
certification
options
and
part
of
the
certification
process
requires
that
you,
you
register
the
project,
you
pay
some
fees
to
register,
and
then
you
complete
the
design
and
you
collect
some
documentation
and
there's
some
documentation
that
you
can
collect
that.
You
can
certify
right
away
because
it's
just
kind
of
preliminary
and
it's
about
the
design
and
it's
about
what
you
specify.
And
then
there
are
a
number
of
things
like
energy,
water,
urban
agriculture,
for
example,
that
they
actually
measure
a
full
year's
worth
of
performance
before
you
can
receive
your
certification.
B
So
there's
a
process
with
many
steps
in
it
and
the
key
thing
that
makes
a
living
building
challenge
stand
out
from
other
building
rating
systems
is
that
an
auditor
will
actually
come
to
the
site
and
review
it
and
make
sure
that
the
claims
you
have
are
true,
and
so
those
are
the
things
that
distinguish
it
and
make
it
very
rigorous.
There
are
also
things
that
drive
the
cost
of
certification
up
just
a
little
bit
because
you
have
to
pay
for
that
site
visit.
B
Core
of
town
has
become
less
dense
and
so
based
on
your
density
and
the
the
type
of
mixed-use
development
around
you,
you
set
a
target
and
then
it
helps
to
identify
what
level
you
have
to
reach
in
there.
In
many
of
the
various
points-
and
so
there
are
also
three
typology-
there
is
not
a
specific
typology
for
residential
construction.
B
So
that
would
allow
you
to
use
the
renovation
typology,
and
it
would
mean
that
certain
certain
imperatives
apply
or
do
not
apply
to
your
project.
There's
also
a
typology
for
infrastructure
and
landscape.
If
it's
a
park
or
a
bridge
or
a
trail
project,
and
then
there's
a
community
typology
which
allows
a
whole
neighborhood
district
or
a
development
or
a
campus.
Even
a
small
village
to
you
certified
together
as
one
project
and
there
are
seven
petals
20
imperatives,
I
think
on
the
previous
slide.
B
I'm,
going
to
give
you
a
few
examples
here
that
relate
to
some
of
the
imperatives
and
if
you're,
planning
or
designing
your
home,
these
might
be
things
that
you
would
consider
and
in
some
of
these
slides
you're,
going
to
see
examples
like
the
top
left
of
the
seed
home
and
the
hydroponic,
the
hydroponic
greenhouse.
That's
a
part
of
that.
B
If
you're
on
a
coastal
area,
they
don't
want
you
in
a
coastal
waterway,
so
part
of
it
is
to
make
sure
that
you're
not
picking
a
sensitive
site,
and
that
is
the
very
first
imperative
and
is,
if
you're
trying
to
build
on
the
side
of
a
mountain
top
somewhere.
This
may
be
a
challenge
right.
You
can't
put
you
can't,
doesn't
matter
what
you
do
to
protect
it
if
it's,
if
it's
the
wrong
site,
so
it's
also
about
providing
habitat
as
you
develop
your
site
that
is
appropriate
for
your
transect.
B
So
when
I
showed
you
the
picture
of
our
office
building
downtown,
we
were
developing
a
vacant
lot
next
to
the
building.
That
was
that
is
now
a
surface
asphalt
parking
and
we
were
trying
to
show
an
urban
green
space
that
connected
to
several
other
urban
green
spaces
within
the
downtown,
to
try
to
create
some
connected
habitat,
even
in
the
middle
of
an
urban
environment.
And
of
course,
if
you're
in
a
rural
setting,
it
would
be
about
using
native
landscapes.
That's
not
in
am
not
having
lon
everywhere.
C
B
B
Another
part
of
this
program
are
to
have
an
acre
to
a
curl
and
trust
habitat
exchange
program.
So
part
of
deciding
to
certify
for
living
building
challenge
means
that
you
pay
an
offset
to
protect
wild
lands
in
an
equal
measure
to
your
site,
and
if
you
have
a
small
residential
site,
there's
a
minimum
of
one
acre
that
you
would
be
contributing
to
to
maintain
somewhere
else
in
your
community.
B
Part
of
another
part
of
this
is
that
you
as
a
household,
would
have
to
develop
a
mobility
plan
and
show
how
your
project
is
helping
you
to
reduce
your
transportation
footprint.
So
that's
probably
a
little
bit
about
where
you're
located
relative
to
where
you
work
and
whether
or
not
you're
to
use
public
transit
or
bicycle
or
walk,
and
if
you
can't
finish
about
having
alternative
fuel
vehicles
or
installing
a
charging
station.
These
kinds
of
strategies.
B
So
the
nests
another
pedal
is
the
water
pedal.
It
is
that
and
the
imperative
is
net
positive
water.
So
the
cut
this
is
a
very
messy
fun.
Wonderful,
geeky
pedal
that
requires
often
a
lot
of
different
players
in
my
world
is
a
commercial
architect.
It
means
that
I
have
to
have
big
meetings
with
landscape
designer
with
landscape
architects,
with
plumbing
engineers
with
civil
engineers,
often
with
a
wastewater
treatment,
specialist
or
biological
wastewater
treatment,
consultants,
and
we
create
huge
spread
sheets
that
have
the
entire
water
balance
of
the
site
in
one
place.
B
Just
to
give
you
a
point
in
time,
so
what
you
do
is
you
have
to
do
a
little
history
about
your
site
in
your
place
and
its
geology
and
its
ecological
region
and
its
biome,
and
try
to
understand
the
ecosystem
services
that
would
have
been
in
place.
How
much
water
would
infiltrate,
how
much
water
would
evaporate
and
fire?
How
much
water
would
just
plain
evaporate
into
the
into
the
environment.
B
Would
return
to
a
local
aquifer
or
a
water
table,
and
and
it's
about
trying
to
mimic
that
pattern,
even
if
that
site
has
been
completely
transformed
by
I
development,
so
it
means
now
collecting
that
water
using
it
for
green
in
a
green
brook
using
it
collecting
it
and
reusing
it
for
flushing
toilets
all
kinds
of
things,
and
so
here
are
some
examples
at
the
residential
scale.
This
is
one
of
the
seed
homes
on
the
bottom
left
here.
That
is,
you
know.
In
my
mind.
B
B
B
Yes,
you,
you
have
I'm
sure
you
have
some
invasive
species
and
the
Living
Building
Challenge
does
allow
you
to
remove
invasive
species,
but
there
are
certainly
guidelines
for
what
you
can
use
to
for
how
you
can
do
that.
So
part
of
it
is
that
at
the
residential
scale,
you
would
want
to
collect
all
of
your
all
of
your
rainwater
that
you
can-
and
here
I
found
an
above-ground
tank,
but
often
in
order
to
in
order
to
approach
water.
The
best
way
is
to
reduce
your
water
demand
and
in
many
Living
Building
Challenge
projects.
B
They
end
up
using
composting,
toilets
or
dried
fixtures,
or
things
like
this
separating
toilet,
which
is
I,
think
something
that
the
feed
home
uses
to
separate
the
water
waste
from
the
solid
waste
and
allow
it
to
be
more
readily
processed.
That
way
and
it's
very
much
more
water
efficient.
So
the
idea
is
to
reduce
the
water
demand
to
separate
the
water
into
what's
potable
water
and
what
can
be
non
potable
water
and
then
to
purify
water
without
the
use
of
chemicals,
which
is
often
a
code
issue
to
be
able
to
be
I'd.
B
B
If
you
need
to
do
any
irrigation
or
or
anything
like
that,
so
the
idea
is
to
try
to
be
a
closed-loop
as
possible,
and
this
would
suggest
that
you
don't
have
any
municipal
connections
whatsoever
and
that's
just
fine
with
the
Living
Building
Challenge.
If
you
don't
have
those
connections,
however,
building
codes
require
often
those
connections
and
and
often
building
codes
or
public
health
departments
do
not
allow
you
to
drink
anything
but
treated
municipal,
water
or
rural
water,
and
so
in
those
situations.
B
There
are
exceptions
that
allow
you
to
connect
if
you
need
to
connect
or
two.
If
the
municipality
requires
you
to
drink
a
different
source
of
water,
then
that's
okay,
but
they
want
you
to
show
that
you
have
done
everything
you
can
to
advocate
for
a
closed-loop
system
to
show
that
it
can
be
safe
to
try
to
educate
those
local
code
officials
about
what's
possible
and
to
create
a
design
that
is
capable
of
performing
that
way
as
if
at
some
point
in
the
future,
the
codes
changed.
So
it's
a
lot
again
about
advocacy
and
education.
B
So
generally,
we
set
an
energy
target
for
our
projects
by
looking
at
the
building
type
and
the
climate
zone
that
you're
in
and
setting
a
project
goal
understanding.
What
typical
benchmarks
for
that
building
type
are
in
that
region,
and
then
we
set
the
proper
bar.
You
know
seventy
percent
lower
than
that
or
or
as
much
as
we
possibly
can,
and
while
we're
designing,
we
do
what
Amory
Lovins
from
the
Rocky
Mountain
Institute
used.
B
B
Monitor
and
measure
and
operate
efficiently
and
to
use
your
renewable
energy
to
supply.
One
hundred
and
five
percent
of
what
your
annual
energy
demand
is
and,
of
course,
during
the
certification
process,
you
have
to
prove
that
with
actual
performance,
not
just
modeled
performance,
so
you
also
have
to
have
backup
power.
B
B
Part
of
it
is
that
you
have
to
have
some
kind
of
real-time,
monitor,
g
monitors
and
sub
meters
and
in
at
a
residential
scale.
What
we're
finding
is
that
some
of
the
thermostats
that
allow
you
to
do
remote
control
and
to
observe
how
all
the
different
parts
of
your
system
are
using
energy
at
the
residential
scale.
B
They
don't
require
you
to
have
a
fancy
monitoring
system,
but
they
do
want
you
to
be
able
to
understand
how
the
for
an
equipment
in
your
house
is
performing,
and
so
it's
a
combination
of
real-time
tracking,
as
well
as
using
the
kind
of
plug-in
technologies
that
allow
you
to,
for
example,
plug
your
refrigerator
in
to
a
monitor
that
will
help.
You
understand
how
much
power
each
component
is
using
and
through
that
analysis,
you're
able
to
show
that
you
are
operating
as
you
should.
B
In
terms
of
health
and
happiness-
and
this
is
another
pedal
that
has
the
intention
of
improving
the
health
of
occupants
and
in
a
couple
of
different
aspects
of
health,
one
is
to
have
a
direct
connection
to
the
outdoor
environment
for
your
kind
of
mental
and
spiritual
health,
as
well
as
an
actual
healthy
interior
environment
that
doesn't
have
a
lot
of
toxins
from
our
building
materials.
It's
intended.
B
This
pedal
is
intended
to
help
building
occupants
to
fall
in
love
with
their
plates
and
remind
themselves
of
their
love
of
living
systems,
that's
sort
of
inherent
to
most
human
beings,
and
it's
also
supposed
to
help
bridge
that
divide
that
we
test.
We
typically
have
created
between
a
natural,
the
natural
systems
and
the
built
system,
and.
C
B
Help
people
understand
that
they
are
animals
connected
connected
to
greater
ecological
systems
and
biomes.
So
some
of
the
things
that
that
practically
means
in
a
residential
project
are
simple
things
like
making
sure
you
have
great
you're,
taking
advantage
of
great
views
to
your
site
to
your
outdoor
and
it
doesn't
have
to
be
a
manicured
lawn
or
anything.
It
can
just
be
as
wild
as
wild
can
be,
but
the
fact
that
you're
not
closed
off
from
it
that
you're
taking
advantage
of
views.
B
It
means
that
you
have
operable
windows
so
that
you
can
be
connected
by
sound
by
all
having
fresh
air
it.
It
does
talk
about
a
minimum
amount
of
glazing
in
each
facade
to
make
sure
that
you're
always
able
to
look
out
a
window
in
every
orientation
if
it
talks
about
user
control
and
how
you
can
open
a
door
or
adjust
the
thermostat
to
be
able
to
to
improve
your
comfort.
B
B
B
Residential
scale,
another
part
of
it
is
that
for
commercial
buildings
they
require
a
vestibule
and
an
entryway
and
a
walk-off
mat
that
is
in
the
direction
of
travel
for
eight
feet
for
every
major
and
secondary
entrance
where
people
are
coming
and
going
bring
bringing
oil
and
pollutants
on
their
shoes
into
a
space
for
residential
applications
they
wreck.
They
still
want
you
to
have
a
covered
entryway
for
your
primary
entrance.
B
They
still
recommend
that
you
have
a
walk-off
mat
in
the
direction
of
travel-
that's
at
least
eight
foot
from
inside
to
outside,
but
because
they
that's
not
always
appropriate
for
the
residential
scale.
They
say
you
can
also
demonstrate
straight
that
if
you
have
a
shoes
off
policy
when
you
come
in
the
house
in
a
way
of
managing
that
that
you're
able
to
meet
to
satisfy
that
requirement,
so
it's
a
little
different
for
residential
and
similarly
for
commercial
buildings.
B
You
have
to
show
that
you're
doing
it
that
you're
using
a
green
cleaning
custodial
program
and
it's
in
a
home.
You
need
to
be
able
to
demonstrate
that
you
have
a
strategy
for
green
cleaning
to
make
sure
that
you're
not
introducing
chemicals
from
your
cleaning
products.
Another
aspect
of
this
health
and
happiness
pedal
that
is
also
really
fascinating
and
interesting,
is
the
bio
fill
'ok
design
session
that
is
required,
as
well
as
the
implementing
of
biophysics
design
principles
throughout
the
project,
so
by
Ophelia
means
love
of
life.
A
B
If
you
have
a
design
team
as
a
residential
architect,
where
you
do
nothing
but
focus
on
the
many
principles
of
bio
Cilic
design-
and
there
are
probably
27
of
them
that
are
different
ways
that
you
can
connect
texture
pattern,
site,
color
variations,
all
kinds
of
elements
into
your
design
and
to
do
it
deliberately
and
intentionally
to
connect
people
to
living
things.
And
so
this
is
something
that's
really
fun.
And
then
you
have
to
demonstrate
how
you
have
implemented
it
through
art
or
design
elements
or
progress
through
the
site
or.
B
The
materials
pedal
is
the
most
complicated
and
probably
requires
a
whole
session
in
and
of
itself,
and
it's
probably
something
that
many
of
you
are
really
interested
in
I'm,
going
to
just
gloss
over
it,
because
I
want
to
help.
You
understand
what's
out
there,
but
also
just
tell
you
that
the
strategy
for,
except
for
appropriately
dealing
with
materials
in
a
living
building
project,
are
to
allow
yourself
lots
and
lots
of
time
for
research
and.
B
Lots
of
time
for
outreach
to
various
manufacturers
there's
really
no
other
way
around
it.
In
order
to
meet
the
materials
petal,
you
have
to
prove
that
every
single
material
in
your
project
has
no
red
list
chemical
on
it
and
there's
a
list
of
red
Lechem
achill
in
the
binder
that
goes
on
for
a
complete
page
with
three
columns
of
chemical
names.
So
it's
a
very
onerous
job
and
in
order
to
in
order
to
do
that,
research
because
the
industry
is
really
just
not
ready
to
provide
it.
B
Yet
it
really
does
require
time,
and
luckily
this
is
where
you
get
to
take
advantage
of
the
materials
list
that
previous
projects
share
and
they've
done.
Some
research
for
you.
So
that's
helpful.
So
this
is
about
eliminating
the
worst
chemicals
with
the
greatest
impact
on
human
health.
It's
about
minimizing,
embodied
carbon
through
design
and
offset
of
offsetting
construction
impacts.
It's
about
promoting
industries
that
are
responsible
and
social
to
the
social
and
environmental
systems.
B
So
I'll
just
go
through
a
couple
of
things,
so
materials
can't
contain
Red,
List
chemicals
and
they
must
document
the
ingredient
list.
That's
often
very
difficult
to
get
from
manufacturers
that
claim
their
proprietary
mix
is,
is
private
and
they
don't
want
to
share
it.
You
have
to
calculate
embodied
energy
embodied
carbon
based
on
your
construction
process,
which
is
kind
of
a
one-time,
embodied
carbon
calculation,
and
there
are
tools
like
this
etool
that
are
available
that
are
free
and
probably
appropriate
for
the
residential
scale.
B
There
are
other
programs
like
the
HPD
collaborative
that
are
trying
to
do
similar
things,
and
they
will
that
documentation
will
be
accepted
as
long
as
it
comes
with
a
list
of
ingredients.
So
there's
a
lot
of
paperwork
here
and
of
course
you
will
fail
to
be
able
to
do
this
for
all
of
your
materials
and
the
Living
Building
Challenge
simply
requires
that
you
give
it
a
good
college.
B
Try
that
you
try
for
every
particular
material
to
reach
out
to
at
least
three
manufacturers
and
when
you,
when
you
fail
to
find
something
that
qualifies,
that
you
send
out
requests
for
manufacturers
to
participate
in
the
program
of
declare
and
to
help
advocate
for
this
in
the
marketplace.
So
again
it's
about
education
and
outreach
and
demanding
better
things,
there's
also
a
materials
radius
that
within
the
requirements
that
helps
you
to
understand
what
can
come
from
where
and
there
are
different
categories.
B
Certain
heavy
and
dense
materials
have
to
come
from
clothes
and
then,
as
you
get
towards
materials
that
are
more
important
for
performance
like
windows
and
things,
you
can
go
farther
away
and
then
consultants
can
come
from
as
far
as
500
or
5,000
kilometres
away.
But
the
idea
is
to
try
to
keep
the
heavy
transport
materials
close
to
home
in
the
upper
right-hand
column
is
a
couple
here
in
Kansas
City
that
have
a
salvage
business
and
they
so
davage
materials
are
important.
B
You're
a
residential
project
would
have
to
include
at
least
one
salvaged,
material
or
and
of
course,
many
more.
You
can
the
bricks
that
are
on
the
bottom
left
here
that
you're
making
on-site
would
definitely
help
qualify
for
these
kinds
of
credits
and
then,
of
course,
construction.
Waste
management
is
they
call
it
it.
They
call
it
net
positive
waste
and
it
is
very,
very
stringent.
B
So
if
you're
tearing
something
down,
you
have
to
find
a
beneficial
reuse
for
as
much
of
it
as
possible,
and
if
you
have
leftover
construction
materials,
you
have
to
be
able
to
recycle
them
and
really
there
are
different
rates
for
different
materials,
but
generally
you're
in
the
ninety
to
ninety-five
percent
diversion
from
a
landfill
great,
and
it's
challenging
to
achieve
that.
Sometimes
it
means
you
actually
end
up
advocating
or
waste
streams
that
don't
exist,
recycling
streams
that
don't
exist.
B
In
this
case,
so,
for
example,
again,
you
would
look
at
your
transect
and
on
the
upper
left
hand,
corner
is
just
a
diagram
that
shows
how
the
different
transsex
get
more
dense
or
less
dense,
as
you
go
from
one
to
the
other,
and
it's
not
real
clear
what
will
happen
at
the
residential
scale,
but
it's
about
being
sensitive
to
the
public
domain.
To
what
is
what
happens
at
the
street?
Are
you
encouraging
pedestrian
use?
Are
you
creating
amenities
for
your
neighbors
in
your
community?
B
B
So
it's
things
like
that
being
being
sensitive
to
the
sounds
that
are
created
by
your
project
and
the
smells
that
are
created
by
your
project
and
ensuring
that
you're
not
limiting
someone
else's
solar
access
or
someone
else's
access
to
fresh
air
or
to
the
natural
amenities
around
them.
If
you
are
a
for-profit
company,
then
you're
required
to
make
a
donation
to
a
socially
equitable
fund
for
every
thousand
dollars
of
project
costs.
B
So
it
also
practically
means
that
you
are
providing
education
with
your
project
that
maybe
you're
hosting
an
annual
open
house
that
you
have
some
sort
of
an
educational
website,
a
brochure
and
some
kind
of
interpretive
signage.
And
it's
not
very
clear
what
that
looks
like
it's
a
residential
scale,
but
in
terms
of
the
open
building
Institute
up
on
the
upper
right
hand,
corner
I.
Think
you
guys
have
this
well
covered
to
show
how
you're
you're,
sharing
everything
you
learn
with
the
with
the
rest
of
the
world.
Again,
it's
that
open
source,
ecology
mindset.
B
It
also
means
that
you
have
operation
and
maintenance
manuals
and
schedules
that
help
to
train
the
people.
Who
will
maintain
your
systems
or
you,
as
you,
maintain
your
system
to
help
you
learn
and
grow
and
it
and
again
being
a
part
of
the
Living
Building
Challenge
means
that
you're
agreeing
to
share,
and
so
generally
you
create
a
case
study
for
your
project
that
is
widely
celebrated
throughout
the
International
Living
future
Institute
publications
and
and
conferences
and
you're
committing
to
share
your
operational
data
to
help
other
people
learn
from
your
project.
B
B
There
are
many
issues
that
come
up
when
you're
in
the
integrated
design
process
that
you
have
to
think
about
certain
things
when
you're
in
the
construction
process,
that
there
are
many
things
related
to
this
process,
that
could
add,
cost
and
become
opportunities
for
innovation
that,
as
an
owner
and
an
operator
of
your
home
over
time.
There
are
many
things
that
you
have
to
consider
when
you're
embarking
on
this
project
and
that
throughout
the
life
of
your
project,
the
goal
is
to
continue
to
document
and
measurement
your
measure,
your
actual
performance.
A
C
B
C
B
Sure
and
I'm
desperately
up
to
the
International
Living
future
Institute,
which
administers
the
certification
process.
So
my
suggestion
is
that
you
poke
around
a
little
bit
on
the
website,
which
is
IL,
International,
Living,
IL,
f,
dot,
org
and
find
out
what
it
costs
to
certify
a
project
and
I
will
try
to
share
back
with
when
we
share
this
video
I
will
try
to
answer
that
question
that.
B
B
B
The
price
for
living
building
challenge
to
certify
is
higher,
and
it
has
to
do
with
that
with
that
auditor
that
comes
to
the
site,
which
my
memory
is
that
that
cost
is
something
like
ten
thousand
dollars
that
that's
what
it
was
for
our
commercial
project
downtown
and
I.
Don't
remember
if
that
was
adjusted
based
on
square
footage
or
not
I'm
sure
it
must
have
been
it's
all
based
on
different
sizes.
B
A
B
B
If
you
look
at
our
rainfall
data
for
the
past
50
to
150
years,
Kansas
City
got
35
inches
of
rain
every
year,
but
in
the
past
10
years,
if
you
or
20
years,
if
you
look
at
most
recent
data,
even
as
much
as
the
last
50
years,
you'll
see
the
trends
gradually
increasing
and
now
we
get
39
inches
of
rain
every
year.
And
then
we
start
looking
at
some
of
the
climate
projections
and
you
realize
that
it
could,
by
the
end
of
the
century,
be
as
much
as
forty
six
inches
of
rain
per
year.
B
So
now,
when
I'm
designing
my
water
balance,
I
have
three
separate
spreadsheets
with
each
of
those
rainfall
numbers
I,
look
at
the
worst
possible
drought
in
nineteen.
Fifty.
I
look
at
the
typical
condition,
which
is
that
39
inches
of
rain,
that
we
get
now
and
then
I
look
at
the
future
projected
scenario
and
I
try
to
design
for
the
worst
case
scenario,
because
if
you
have
a
closed
loop
collection
system,
you
don't
want
to
run
out
of
water
and
most
likely
the
Southern
California.
B
A
B
Oh
another
good
question
you
guys
are
stomping
me
with
so
I
should
have
looked
this
up
right
before
I
came
I,
don't
know
actually
I
don't
know
if
they
post
it
like
the
US
Green
Building
Council
posts
used
to
post
all
of
certified
projects,
Living
Building
Challenge
doesn't
do
that,
and
so
you
kind
of
have
to
you.
Just
kinda
have
to
pay
attention
over
the
years
to
see
how
many
they
have
or
look
at
their
newsletter
or
column
and
ask
them.
B
B
So
if
a
project
is
registered,
it
theoretically
has
all
of
its
performance
data
available,
which
is
not
true
for
lead
projects
at
all.
Unless
they're
doing
LEED
for
existing
buildings,
operations
and
maintenance
lead
does
not
require
you
to
submit
actual
construction
data
and
serve
actual
operations
data
so
to
do
an
actual
roi
or
cost
cost
benefit
analysis
that
compares
the
two
pride.
You
know
the
two
groups
of
projects.
It
was
it's
impossible
because
there
it's
apple
to
orange,
apples
to
oranges.
B
Think
it's
in
California
to
sort
of
look
at
those
projects
and
and
understand
how
they're
meeting
their
cost
benefit
targets
years
and
years
ago
about
15
years,
10,
12,
12
or
15
years
ago,
b
and
IM
did
a
report
that
I'd
be
happy
to
share.
It
might
even
be
on
our
website
in
our
on
our
bookshelf,
but
it
was
a
study
for
the
david
and
lucile
packard
foundation
where
they
were
building
planning
to
build
a
headquarters
in
Los,
Altos
California,
and
they
had
us
model.
B
So
as
a
homeowner,
unless
you're
planning
to
flip
your
house
and
be
out
of
it
in
two
years
and
pass
that
value
on
to
your
future
to
your
future
homeowners,
it's
the
only
thing
that
makes
sense
and
we've
operated
with
that
knowledge
for
15
years
now
in
our
industry,
and
it's
proven
to
be
true
in
every
single
study.
That's
done.
There
was
another
study
by
Greg
cats
called
the
cost
of
green
I.
Think
so.
B
A
A
For
that
or
just
document
plain
documents
say:
okay,
here's
the
certification
requirements
from
the
Living
Building
Challenge,
here's
how
we're
doing
on
done,
not
even
formal
to
get
the
certification
if
we
can't
afford
it,
but
hopefully
we
would
invest
in
that
because
the
investment
from
publicity
or
the
publicity,
probably
then
direct
publicity
value
of
that
is
probably
going
to
be
significant,
which,
if
we're
deploying
these
buildings,
as
we
are
trying
to
as
real
offerings
to
people
that
would
business
in
a
positive
direction.
So
there
it
would
be
indirect
benefits.
Definitely.
B
Can't,
of
course,
I
can't
promise
that,
because
I
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
organization,
but
I
think
it
would
be
so
worth
a
conversation
to
try
to
solve
that
problem
and
I.
Think
you're
right.
That
part
of
it
is
simply
documenting
it
and
being
transparent
about
what
you're
doing.
And
if
you
publish
that
information,
then
essentially
you're
doing
you're,
providing
any
homeowner
with
the
information
that
I
l.
If
I
would
want
you
to
provide
them
with
to
be
able
to
certify
the
project
to
be
able
to
guarantee
their
work
and.
C
B
That's
something
I
think
you
just
really
have
to
look
at
the
cost
and
and
evaluate
and
I
think
I
think
a
conversation
with
them
like
it.
You
shouldn't
just
turn
away
and
say
no
I'm
not
going
to
look
at
this.
It's
too
expensive
I
think
it's
worth
a
conversation
to
find
out
what's
possible,
yeah,
because
it's
no
no.
A
Absolutely
and
the
thing
is
given
that
we're
after
a
replicable
model,
it
only
takes
an
organization
like
OB
I
to
say:
okay,
we've
got
a
stable
model,
it's
got
these
properties
and
it's
actually
certified.
We
actually
want
to
say
we
go
through
the
effort
of
certifying
then,
because
the
plans
are
absolutely
open,
source
and
anyone
else
who
does
that
can
be
on
a
solid
footing
for
having
that
certification?
Maybe
they
don't
get
certified
impose,
but
they
no,
that
what
they
are
building
is
right.
C
B
If
you
make
a
materials
variation,
you've
described
the
criteria
that
you
have
to
make
meat,
or
you
know
something
like
that,
and
it
seems
that
there's
another
resource
out
there,
I
wanted
to
share
and
I
haven't,
had
a
chance
to
pour
through
the
whole
thing
yet,
but
I
just
found
that
the
other
day
that
International
Living
future
Institute
has
a
program
to
tackle
affordable
housing
and
they're.
Really
they
have
a
white
paper
out
right
now
that
describes
their
effort
and
I
think
it
would
be
worth
taking
a
look
at
that
to
understand.
B
Is
there
an
opportunity
to
contribute
to
that
effort,
because
I
think
what
you're
trying
to
solve
it
open
building
Institute
is
Clark
is
it
is
an
eco
home?
Yes,
but
it's
also
a
different
kind
of
economic
structure
for
homeowners,
because
the
single
family
house
is
no
longer
a
sustainable
model
for
most
Americans
so
and
it's
a
very
creative,
innovative
solution
that
still
provides
beauty
and
good
healthy
food
and
a
connection
to
community
as
a
part
of
your
process,
and
so
I
think
I.
B
A
We
definitely
would
like
to
follow
up
on
that.
So
another
question
on
that
on
a
different
topic
regarding
things
like
carbon
trading
is
Darren
changer,
because
you
see
a
model
where,
for
example,
for
using
cds,
which
have
one-eighth
of
the
embodied
energy
of
fired
block
as
an
example
into
local
material.
I
put
the
link
in
the
text
just
for
the
basic
calculations.
Can
we
do?
A
B
Because
the
idea
is
that
it's
about
it's
not
about
creating
a
renewable
energy
economy,
you
know
credit
economy,
it's
about
creating
renewable
energy
right
and
so
I
think
there's
a
line
item
in
there.
That
says
you
cannot
do
that.
I've!
Never
thought
about
that!
For
materials,
though
I
know
there
isn't
something
spelled
out
about
that,
but
it
there's
so
much
room
for
innovation
within
living
building
challenge
that
it's
one
of
those
things
where
again,
if
we
connect
with
them,
we
should
ask
them
that
question
and
it's
possible
to
that.
They
could
help
you.
B
They
are
constantly
looking
for
material
solutions
that
meet
their
criteria
and
I.
Think,
as
you
continue
to
develop
machines
and
materials
that
are
part
of
your
system
or
a
wall
assembly.
That
is
a
part
of
your
kid
you
can.
You
can
go
through
the
declarer
process
and
show
that
your
product
is
compliant
and
it's
possible
that
you
would
end
up
building
a
market
for
that
material
or
that
or
your
open
source
process.
B
B
A
B
B
Well,
yeah
I
mean
I,
know
a
little
bit
about
how
it
works,
I'm,
not
an
expert,
but
you
you
make
a
calculation
that
shows
what
your
construction
footprint
is.
Your
carbon
footprint
for.
You
could
do
to
your
building
type
in
your
construction
and
it's
usually
pretty
generic,
and
then
they
have
they
list
on
there
in
the
reference
guide
and
on
their
website.
B
If
you
want
to
buy
a
renewable
energy
credit
as
a
part
of
the
energy
sweet,
you
have
to
go
to
the
green
e
source
website
and
on.
There
are
a
number
of
maybe
I,
don't
know
15
or
20
different
organizations
that
have
been
vetted
to
actually
be
providing
the
renewable
energy
in
the
wood
in
the
way
that
lead
and
usg
bc
and
greenie
source
approve
of,
and
if
you
buy
a
credit,
a
renewable
energy
credit
that
comes
with
a
greenie
certification
on
the
certificate.
Then
it
qualifies
you
for
that
credit
and
I'm.
B
A
A
B
A
I
think,
for
the
sake
of
time,
maybe
we
can
do
it.
Maybe
some
people
can
email
further.
Further
questions
on
the
webinar
can
use
things
info
@,
open
source,
ecology,
org.
You
can
use
yeah,
but
thank
you.
This
definitely
sparks
further
discussion
on
connecting
with
the
with
the
Living
Building
Challenge
people,
I
lfi,
strange
some
discussion
there
and
how
we
can
collaborate
in
a
better
way,
especially
with
certification,
can
can
reuse
based
on
our
work.
A
Just
us
setting
up
some
blueprints
that
other
people
can
benefit
from,
but
yeah
yeah,
Phaedra,
so
sighs
I
think
we
can
wrap
up
here
then.
So.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
This
was
quite
informative
and
we
look
forward
to
collaboration,
see
how
bien
IM
and
ourselves
we
can
work
together
more
in
the
future.
Yes,.