Award of Excellence for Ngā Mokopuna
09.11.26
2026 Resene NZILA (Tuia Pito Ora New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects) Awards
LBC I20 Education & Inspiration
15.10.26
The intent of this Imperative is to provide educational materials about the operation and performance of the project to the occupants and the public in order to share successful solutions and catalyse broader change
LBC I19 Beauty & Biophilia
08.10.26
A 7 Petal Living Certified Living Building Challenge project such as Pā Reo must be designed to include elements that nurture the innate human/nature connection
LBC I18 Inclusion
01.10.26
The intent of this Imperative is to help create stable, safe, and high-paying job opportunities for people in the local community, and support local, diverse businesses through hiring, purchasing, and workforce development practices
LBC I17 Universal Access
24.09.26
The intent of the Equity Petal is to elevate equity as a project goal, and to transform developments to foster a just and inclusive community that enables all people to participate, prosper, and reach their full potential
LBC I16 Net Positive Waste
17.09.26
The intent of this Imperative is to integrate waste reduction into all phases of projects and to encourage imaginative reuse of salvaged “waste” materials
LBC I15 Living Economy Sourcing
10.09.26
The intent of this Imperative is to foster local communities and businesses, while minimising transportation impacts
LBC I14 Responsible Sourcing
03.09.26
The intent of this Imperative is to support sustainable extraction of materials and transparent labeling of products
LBC I13 Red List
27.08.26
The intent of this Imperative is to foster a transparent materials economy free of toxins and harmful chemicals
LBC I12 Responsible Materials
20.08.26
The intent of this Imperative is to set a baseline for transparency, sustainable extraction, support of local industry, and waste diversion for all projects
LBC I11 Access to Nature
13.08.26
This imperative requires that the project provide sufficient and frequent nature interactions in both the interior and exterior of the project to connect the majority of the occupants to nature directly
LBC I10 Healthy Interior Performance
06.08.26
I10 Healthy Interior Performance is just one of a number of the 20 LBC imperatives that demonstrates Living Future's commitment to human health