Living Future Collaborative Meeting

Online event

Join your LF Collaborative for a much-needed check-in. We want to: Hear how everyone has been doing & what you have been doing Share what we have been up to, what's in the works Understand your current needs and what the Collaborative can do to support your efforts This meeting will be led by DiAnn […]

Zero Carbon Conference 2020

Online event

Zero Carbon Conference: Scaling our decarbonized future. This exciting inaugural event is focused on the intersection of finance, the A/E/C community, and the building materials industry. The Zero Carbon Conference will knit together our community of developers, architects, engineers, contractors, interior designers, and responsible manufacturers who are realizing zero carbon buildings and communities—along with ESG investors […]

Getting to Zero (Energy) | ILFI Education Series

Online event

Join your local Living Future Collaborative for a live-viewing of ILFI’s online course: Getting to Zero: “Net Zero Energy Building Projects”. The International Living Future Institute’s Net Zero Energy Building Certification sets out to highlight buildings that are high efficiency and Net Positive Energy producers. This course will explore the growth and exciting path of […]

Achieving Healthy Materials | ILFI Education Series

Virtual Event

Join your local Living Future Collaborative for a live-viewing of ILFI’s online course: "Achieving Healthy Materials" The Living Building Challenge™ has earned the reputation as the world’s most forward-thinking building design and construction certification program. As a result, it is shaking up how we think about product selection and revolutionize the building products industry. Learn […]

The Materials Petal — Material Re-Use Roundtable

Virtual Event

The Living Building Challenge Materials Petal can be, well, challenging. Tracking all those materials, vetting material and component inputs for Red List chemicals, tracking the locations of product manufacture or assembly, it is a lot. However, there is one part of the Materials petal that does not get as much attention, even though it can […]

Dangers of PFAS Chemicals in the Built Environment

Virtual Event

BE IN THE KNOWPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large class of thousands of chemicals that are found in a wide range of building products, including roofing, paints and coatings, sealants, caulks, adhesives, fabrics and more. PFAS provide desirable functions such as weatherproofing, corrosion prevention, lubrication, friction reduction, and grease and water resistance, but […]

Living Future Roundtable: Carbon Mitigation at Scale

Virtual Event

We will look at carbon from the large scale and in terms of circular economic principles. The Roundtable will kick off with a couple of short (5 minute) presentations on carbon mitigation actions and regulations at the state and city levels, followed by a short overview of how circular economic principles can serve to support […]

Pathways to Low Carbon Buildings in Somerville

Virtual Event

Somerville's overlay zoning requirements can be met with Passive House or Zero Carbon. Learn about how it works. The City of Somerville has adopted new requirements for high performance buildings in a number of Zoning Overlay Districts in the City. Passive House certification  and ILFI's Zero Carbon certification are two of the key pathways to […]