Micro-climate

The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Tech in Atlanta was created to foster environmental education, research, and act as a public forum for community outreach. The project is a collaboration between The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP and Lord Aeck Sargent Planning and Design, Inc (LAS). Jonathan Hillyer Setting a new standard for sustainability, the project is the first Living Building of its kind in the Southeast United States. The Living Building Challenge (LBC) is a rigorous sustainability certification standard requiring that a building meets 20 Imperatives of the Challenge, which are divided into seven petals, or performance areas. These areas are: Place, Water, Energy, Health + Happiness, Materials, Eq... More