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The International Living Future Institute shares upcoming events offered by the Institute and our partners.

International Living Future Institute Events

Go back to school with students like those at Berea College (above) who live in the new Deep Green Student Residence which achieved Petal Certification in April 2015.

Event Highlights


September 22, 2015 | 9:00 - 10:00am PDT | ONLINE
Living Product Challenge Tools # 1 The Footprint Calculator

This webinar will show attendees how to download, install, and use the Footprint Calculator to address the LPC Imperatives for which it relates. This workshop is one in a series of five workshops regarding the Living Product Challenge. For more information on the full series please visit: Living Product Challenge Workshops Series.

September 23, 2015 | 6:00 - 8:00pm | Bullitt Center | Seattle, WA
The Equity Drafting Table at the Seattle Design Festival

Let’s face inequity head on and draft solutions that will make everyone proud to be a Seattleite. Join us at the Bullitt Center for the Equity Drafting Table, an interactive event in the Seattle Design Festival lineup.


September 24, 2015 | 9:00 - 10:00am PDT | ONLINE
Living Product Challenge Tools #2 The Handprint Calculator & Product Life Database

The Living Product Challenge (LPC) includes several Imperatives that call on manufacturers to establish a plan for reducing the product’s footprint and creating handprints that ultimately exceed the product’s remaining footprint. This webinar will answer these questions and show participants how to use the new and publicly available Handprint Calculator.


Effective Advocacy for a Changing World

We invite you to a half-day event to deepen our collective understanding of the key policy challenges to green building leadership in our region. Come learn about the advocacy resources that the Institute has developed, how policies can support Living Buildings and Communities in your jurisdiction and explore how we can leverage the region's unique expertise to adopt policy leadership for a restorative future.

October 8, 2015 | 9:00 - 10:00am | Austin, TX
See You at SXSWEco!

Join us for a SXSWEco post-conference Understanding the Living Building Challenge Materials Petal Workshop workshop in Austin, TX! The Living Building Challenge Materials Petal is intended to induce a successful materials economy that is non-toxic, transparent and socially equitable.

Net Positive Energy Webinar Series

Join Us for our new 5-part Energy Petal Webinar Series

Learn how to design and create Net Zero Energy Buildings in our new 5-part Energy Petal Webinar Series.

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Upcoming Workshops + Events


September 22, 2015 | 12:00 - 1:00pm PDT | ONLINE
Understanding the Living Building Challenge Workshop
Join us for our four-part, live webinar series offering an in-depth introduction to the philosophy and components of the Living Building Challenge + certification program.

October 15, 2015 | 9:00 - 10:00am | ONLINE
Net Positive Material Health
The Living Product Challenge introduces a new framework for material health and green chemistry where the creation of each product actually reduces the total amount of toxic chemicals in the environment. This webinar will explain how a manufacturer conducts a materials inventory and screens chemicals to determine a Material Health Footprint for the Living Product Challenge.

October 19, 2015 | 12:00 - 1:00pm | ONLINE
Introduction to the Living Product Challenge
The Introduction to the Living Product Challenge webinar offers an overview of the program, including the tools available to make a difference in the materials transparency industry.

October 30, 2015 | 8:30am - 12:30pm | San Francisco, CA
Understanding the Living Building Challenge Materials Petal Workshop The Living Building Challenge Materials Petal is intended to induce a successful materials economy that is non-toxic, transparent and socially equitable.

Upcoming Conferences

November 17 - 20, 2015 | Washington, DC
See You at Greenbuild 2015
While you're making new connections and chatting up old friends, be sure to stop by Booth #1113 to visit Institute staff! Make sure to add our shoulder events around Washington, DC to your calendar (stop by after touring the National Mall). We'll be hosting a Net Positive Water Forum, a fun-filled Happy Hour and presentations on Green Schools and Net Positive Communities.

February 18 - 19, 2016 | San Diego, CA
Net Positive Energy + Water Conference
Join us for the third annual Net Positive Energy and Water Conference, dedicated to the exchange of technical expertise, bold strategies and provocative case studies—all aimed at accelerating the global shift toward Net Positive Energy and Water buildings and communities.

May 11 - 13, 2016 | Seattle, WA
Living Future 2016
Join us to celebrate ten years of truly sustainable design at Living Future 2016. Transparency is a pathway to authenticity. Design must be more than beautiful or functional; it must also be purposeful. Truth emerges through collaborative design, where we realize common threads that connect us all. We want design that is relevant. We want to design for an enriched human experience.

Collaborative Events

Connect with your local Living Future community by attending a tour, happy hour or case study in your area. Find out how you can join your local Collaborative and spread the mission of a Living Future.

September 21, 2015 | 10:30am to 4:30pm | San Diego, CA
Living Building Challenge Symposium: Defining a Pathway for Living Buildings in Our Region
Join a special pre-conference workshop to get involved in the increasingly important conversation about how we can move closer to bringing Living Building projects to our region. Our conversation will include an introduction to the Living Building Challenge (LBC), a summary of a local feasibility study, and an open-forum discussion about LBC in our region. We are excited to welcome Brendan Cook, Net Zero Energy Manager ILFI, to kick off the day's agenda with the introduction to LBC.

September 24, 2015 | 12:00 - 1:30pm | Tacoma, WA
South Sound Collaborative: Code Innovations & Policy Leadership for Restorative Development
Members of the South Sound Collaborative and NW EcoBuilding Guild will team up for a collaborative session to discuss specific code innovations and advocacy priorities for our South Sound communities.

September 30, 2015 | 5:00 - 6:00pm | New Haven, CT
Living Building Challenge Connecticut Collaborative: Frick Environmental Center Presentation
Currently in the first phase of construction, the Frick Environmental Center will serve as a welcome facility and a gateway to the woodlands of Frick Park in Pittsburgh, PA where educators use the parks as classrooms. Designed to meet the Living Building Challenge and LEED Platinum standards for energy efficiency, the new Center will support its own needs for water and energy.

October 1, 2015 | 6:30 - 8:30pm | Irvine, CA
Orange County LBC Collaborative: Meet and Greet
Join the Orange County Collaborative for their first official meeting! Network with other passionate individuals, join a Steering Committee and learn more about the Living Building Challenge.

October 8, 2015 | 8:30 - 11:00 am | Olympia, WA
South Sound Collaborative: Tiny House Tour & Talk Join the South Sound Collaborative as they team with Northwest EcoBuilding Guild for a tour of Quixote Village, Olympia’s first and only tiny house village serving previously homeless adults. You'll learn about the fundraising effort, the design process and the building of this wonderful, life-changing community.

October 19, 2015 | 5:30 - 7:30pm | Cincinnati, OH
Living Building Challenge Cincinnati - Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life Configure
Please join us for a networking reception and viewing of the movie "Biophilic Design: The Architecture of Life". Together, we will learn why people's connection to nature is vital to their physical, emotional, and spiritual well being. After the movie, we hope to have a spirited discussion about the movie and how the lessons learned from it might affect the way we design and building life-supporting places.

External Events


October 6, 2015 | 8:00am to 12:00pm | Portland, OR
Getting to Zero 2015 Portland
Getting to Zero is a comprehensive, cutting-edge four-part series that will lead participants to the next target of the 2030 challenge-70% reduction-and beyond! Participants will explore both the technical skills and cross-disciplinary approaches essential for the design, construction and operation net zero energy buildings. FIND MORE EVENTS HERE Copyright © 2015 International Living Future Institute, All rights reserved.