LEED in Hyper-Drive with Certified Living Building

LEED in Hyper-Drive with Certified Living Building Next time you are driving around Salt Lake City, take a moment to pay attention to the architecture in Park City or any of SLC's other outlying communities. Chances are you will see at least a few buildings originally intended to meet LEED standards when first constructed. Some of those buildings do indeed meet the standards while others never quite got there despite the best efforts of architects and engineers. Achieving LEED certification is not easy. For the record, it is more difficult with commercial structures than residential due to the intense energy requirements of commercial enterprises. But the challenge of building an LEED-certified structure is not stopping architects like us or our engineering team from pursuing the goal. And in some cases, we are going even further by pursuing what are known as 'certified living buildings.' The Certified Living Building standard is incredibly difficult to achieve. What is it? It is a standard described by the Sacramento Bee ĂƐ ͞> ƚŝŵĞƐ ϭϬ͘͟ dŚĞŝƌ ĚĞƐĐƌŝƉƚŝŽŶ ǁĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ƌĞĐĞŶƚ ƌĞƉŽƌƚ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ ĂŶ ĂƌĐŚŝƚĞĐƚƵƌĞ Ĩŝƌŵ ƚŚĂƚ recently purchased an old warehouse in the city with visions of creating the area's first Certified Living Building, which will eventually become the company's Sacramento headquarters. The History of LEED The LEED standard dates back to 1994 and a desire among members of the U.S.