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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

LBC I09 Healthy Interior Environment

30.07.26

The intent of the Living Building Challenge imperative, I09 Healthy Interior Environment, is to promote good indoor air quality and a healthy interior environment for project occupants