BIOLOGY AND BUILDING—THE LIVING LEARNING CENTER AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY’S TYSON RESEARCH CENTER: A Journey on the Path to the Living Building Challenge

Abstract

“In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future.”

—Eric Hoffer

INTRODUCTION

The result of equal parts serendipity, exploration, creativity, and the enduring persistence of a dedicated team of designers and its university client, Washington University’s Living Learning Center, has quickly become a locus of sustainability. It is a deep green place filled with fresh air and daylight, an ongoing achievement in zero net waste, zero net water, and zero net energy design, a space that inspires higher learning about the natural world. The Center is also well on its way to certification as the first living building in the world.

Journal

Journal ID (publisher-id): jgrb

Title: Journal of Green Building

Publisher: College Publishing

ISSN (Print): 1552-6100

ISSN (Electronic): 1943-4618

ISSN Active: 1943-4618

Publication date (Print): Fall 2009

Volume: 4

Issue: 4

Pages: 55-84

Author notes

¹Corresponding author. Principal, Hellmuth+Bicknese, St. Louis, MO, dhellmuth@ 123456hellmuth-bicknese.com .

²Director, Tyson Research Center, Washington University, Eureka, MO.

³Associate Director, Tyson Research Center, Washington University, Eureka, MO.

⁴Asst. Vice Chancellor for Sustainability, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

⁵Science Outreach Program Faculty, Washington University, St. Louis, MO.

⁶Missouri Operations Manager, Williams Creek Consultants, St. Louis, MO.

⁷Principal, SolutionsAEC, St. Louis, MO.

⁸Owner, Missouri Solar Living, LLC, St. Louis, MO.

⁹Sales Director, Clivus Multrum, Lawrence, MA.

¹⁰Author, Ecological Engineer and Integrated Design, Kansas City, MO.

Article

Publisher ID: jgb.4.4.55

DOI: 10.3992/jgb.4.4.55

SO-VID: ed18b259-46f4-40bf-9e96-5a2c3a0735d4

Copyright statement: ©2009 by College Publishing. All rights reserved.

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Subject: INDUSTRY CORNER