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I want to share with everyone two great  recent articles that appeared in and are referenced in the Building Safety Journal a magazine from the International Codes Congress (www.buildingsafetyjournal.org).  Our friend, David Eisenberg, Director of the Development Center for Appropriate Technologies (DCAT), has two articles, one in the April/May 08 issue and one in the June 08 issue that provides a hint of things to come.

When Lacy Brittingham, AIA, who works with me, and I met with David in Vancouver, BC at the Living Building Conference, we were all taken deeply by the simplicity and the depth of how the Living Building Challenge (www.cascadiagbc.org/lbc)  and the One Planet Living (www.oneplanetliving.org) programs take sustainable design to the levels were we all need to go.

In David's April/May 08 article (included here as a network Publication) he talks about the LBC and how we are in the mist of CHANGING TIMES.  I couldn't agree more.

In his recent June 08 article in the ICC BSJ, David also highlights the "Green Building in North America: Oppurtunities and Challenges" by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) (www.cec.org/greenbuilding).   It is another good piece to put in perspective the current status of green building, the oppurtunities and the Challenges.  (I've also included this as a network publication for your ease in finding it)

David further states "Those who have heard about net-zero energy buildings and programs like the Living Building Challenge--which is also woriking toward net-zero water balance and very high environmental performance--and think these goals are decades away from implementation might want to get out their hiking boots and compasses, becasue there is a high probability that these kinds of projects will begin sprouting up across the country in the next few years."

As we at the EnviroCenter move toward finalizing our design for Phase 2,  we look forward to making an official announcement, soon, as to how we are taking on the Living Building Challenge, right here in the Baltimore/Washington Region.  Stay tuned !  

If anyone wants to set up a discussion group on the LBC and the One Planet Living concepts, let me know and we'll start one up. 

Thank you all for being part of the Green Building Network, and I hope that your support translates into becoming a paid member and participating in the Green Building Institute.  (www.greenbuildinginstitute.org).   

THANK YOU!  

Stan Sersen