Living Building Challenge
The pursuit of Living Building™ Certification is one of Ngā Mokopuna’s (formerly the Living Pā) distinguishing features.
The International Living Futures Institute℠ Living Building Challenge® is based on evolving evidence of what is possible for high performance buildings—the philosophy seeks to advocate for and create regenerative projects that actively ‘do good’, instead of ‘less harm’. This outlook sets its own paradigm shift and facilitates the quantum leap from the existing building code benchmark to regenerative building practices.
The International Living Futures Institute℠ runs five building certification paths: Zero Carbon™, Zero Energy™, CORE™, Petal™ and, the summit of regenerative building, Living Building™.
The Ngā Mokopuna (formerly the Living Pā) is pursuing Living Building™ certification.
'Living Buildings’ are talking buildings—they talk about our values and tikanga, who we are, and who we want to be.
The Living Building Challenge® is organised into seven performance areas
The Living Building Challenge® system is framed on seven performance standards—place, water, energy, health and happiness, materials, equity and beauty—that share 20 imperatives. All Living Building Challenge® projects are a complex undertaking but Living Buildings™ alone must do something significantly good to achieve each imperative, and all imperatives are mandatory.
Place
Restoring a healthy interrelationship with nature.
Water
Operating within the water balance of a given place and climate.
Energy
Relying only on current solar income.
Health and happiness
Creating environments that optimise physical and psychological health and wellbeing.
Materials
Endorsing products that are safe for all species through time.
Equity
Supporting a just and equitable world.
Beauty
Celebrating design that uplifts the human spirit.