November 26, 2009

EarthTalk: Living Buildings Explained

By Thomas Schueneman #

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EarthTalk® is a weekly environmental column made available to our readers from the editors of E/The Environmental Magazine

Leaders in the emerging Living Building movement define a living building as "a structure that generates all of its own energy with renewable non-toxic resources, captures and treats all of its water, and operates efficiently and for maximum beauty." Pictured: the Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, New York, which hopes to become a certified living building in May 2010 after it is a year old.

Dear EarthTalk: I recently heard the term “living building.” Can you explain? -Rebecca Gordon, Seattle, WA

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