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U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Program Now Recognizes the Living Product Challenge
The Living Product Challenge (LPC) is now an approved certification path in the U.S. Green Building Council® (USGBC) LEED® v4/4.1 BD+C program.

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Declare Chemical Transparency Program Released in European Building Market
The International Living Future Institute announces the release of a new edition of the Declare product transparency label for the European building and manufacturer market. The Declare Europe launch is taking place in Bolzano during the 2019 Klimahouse conference, which is focused on the exchange of ideas, innovations and insights on the latest trends in the energy-efficiency and sustainable construction sector.

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Elizabeth Heider, Skanska USA Chief Sustainability Officer, Appointed to International Living Future Institute Board of Directors
The International Living Future Institute announced today that Beth Heider, Chief Sustainability Officer, Skanska USA, has become a member of the Board of Directors.

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Second Annual Stephen R. Kellert Biophilic Design Award Winners Announced
The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) honored the late scholar and Yale University social ecologist Stephen R. Kellert’s legacy with the second annual Biophilic Design Award last night at a special award ceremony hosted by Interface, Inc., at the 2018 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo. This year the award was presented to two outstanding projects: The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre, and the Dixon Water Foundation Betty and Clint Josey Pavilion.

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Alicia Daniels Uhlig Receives a Women in Sustainability Leadership Award From Green Building & Design Magazine
Alicia Daniels Uhlig Receives a Women in Sustainability Leadership Award from Green Building & Design Magazine. International Living Future Institute community and policy leader recognized for important contributions to a more sustainable world

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Regenerative Manufacturing at a Tipping Point
Since its release in 2014, the Living Product Challenge has scaled across industries, products categories, and whole product portfolios at leading manufacturing companies, enabled by a growing network of partners who are helping to make good on the promise of “healthy products for everyone.” The Living Product Challenge (LPC) 2.0 was released today at the Living Product Expo in Pittsburgh, an annual gathering of visionaries and pioneers who are together creating the future of manufacturing.

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Enterprise Community Partners and International Living Future Institute Partner to Bring Healthy Buildings to Where They are Most Needed
As the first to address the unique needs of the affordable housing sector, Enterprise Community Partners Inc. (Enterprise) and the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) have partnered to scale programs for healthy, sustainable development into Enterprise’s Green Communities Criteria.

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Regenerative Manufacturing, the Circular Economy and Engineering for Ecology at the Living Product EXPO in September
(Pittsburgh, PA- June 28, 2018) Healthy Materials for Everyone is the promise of regenerative manufacturing – and the International Living Future Institute’s Living Product Expo is ground zero for manufacturers, product designers and the people who specify those products to connect and craft the future of materials. Registration is open for the 2018 Living Product EXPO September 11-13, 2018, in Pittsburgh.

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NeoCon Exhibitors Announced Living Product Certifications
Five different manufacturers are celebrating 10 Living Product certifications at NeoCon 2018, bringing the total number of Living Product certifications to 20. The Living Product Challenge (LPC) was launched in 2014 by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) to inspire manufacturers to pursue ambitious goals to dematerialize and detoxify their products and ultimately go beyond doing ‘less bad’ to create positive health and environmental impacts.

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IES Unveils Healthy Materials Management System in Partnership With International Living Future Institute
Finding building materials that won’t harm human health is now simpler and easier with the introduction of Red2Green (R2G), a new platform that slashes the time and effort required to pursue the ambitious requirements of the Living Building Challenge by crowdsourcing and documenting key materials health data for building and construction materials.

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