The Certification Process. Projects can achieve three types of certification: Full Certification, Petal Recognition or Net Zero Energy Building Certification.
The Living Building Challenge project certification process for projects pursuing Full Certification or Petal Recognition (Net Zero Energy Building Certification follows a slightly different process) is intentionally straightforward, while still fostering an environment of support and collaboration. A project’s path from inspired vision to inspirational achievement consists of three steps: Registration, Documentation + Operation and Audit + Certification.
Registration At the point of registration, a team provides known project details, including the project's Typology and Transect. The Greenest Office Building In The World Is About To Open In Seattle. Seattle’s Bullitt Center is being heralded as the greenest, most energy-efficient commercial office building in the world.
It’s not that the six-story, 50,000-square-foot building is utilizing never-before-seen technology. But it’s combining a lot of different existing technologies and methods to create a structure that’s a showpiece for green design--and a model for others to follow. A project of the Bullitt Foundation, a Seattle-based sustainability advocacy group, the Bullitt Center has an incredibly ambitious goal. From the website:
People Agenda 21. Onecommunity. Ethosolutions.org. Sustainability Non Profit: One Community. One Community - Open Source Sustainability.