Jerry Naunheim Jr.
Eden Brukman (left), vice president of the International Living Building Institute, presents Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton with an award recognizing Washington University in St. Louis’ Living Learning Center as a Living Building. The Living Learning Center (below), located at the Tyson Research Center in west St. Louis County, was one of only two buildings to meet the institute’s Living Building Challenge in 2010. The challenge is widely recognized as the world’s most rigorous green building performance standard. To achieve certification, a project must generate all of its own energy through clean, renewable resources; capture and treat its own water through ecologically sound techniques; incorporate only nontoxic, appropriately sourced materials; and operate efficiently and for maximum beauty. All program requirements must be met for a full year of operation and proven through a third-party audit. To view a video of the award ceremony at the Living Learner Center, visit videonews.wustl.edu/?play=Living_building_award_21511.
Jerry Naunheim Jr.