How the Living Building Challenge is a powerful tool for driving regenerative design The Living Building Challenge® (LBC), developed and managed by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), is one…
Celebrating innovation in Australian biophilic design What if you could step into a world where our buildings felt like an extension of nature, rather than separate from it? Where…
The International Living Future Institute administers the Living Building Challenge® (LBC) certification program which is organised into seven performance areas, known as Petals. One of these, the Materials Petal, advocates for…
Water is a precious resource, and Australians know that better than most. Yet many of us still use drinking water to flush our toilets, cool our buildings, water our gardens,…
The Living Building Challenge (LBC) Red List represents the “worst in class” materials, chemicals, and elements known to pose serious risks to human health and the greater ecosystem that are…
The Living Future Institute of Australia supports a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice to Parliament (the Voice). As an organisation, our vision is a future that is socially just,…
Pictured: Capral Aluminium Framing Systems The Living Future Institute of Australia’s mission is to catalyse the transformation towards communities that are socially just, culturally rich and ecologically restorative. That means…
Peri Macdonald (Co-Deputy Chair), Vanessa Trowell (Chair) and Neil Arckless (Co-Deputy Chair) We're delighted to announce that Vanessa Trowell, Principal at Weston Williamson + Partners and UNSW Sessional Academic, has…