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The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design Main navigation About Key Living Building Details Annual Reports Building Manual Contact the Office Directions & Operating Schedule Tours 3-D Tour Guided Tours Rooms: Reserving + Details Resources Energy Dashboard Info for Instructors Kendeda Building Product List Case Studies, Research Papers, and Topics K-12 Lesson Plans Podcasts Videos and Pictures Media Coverage Blogs Living Building Challenge Overview Place Water Energy Materials Health & Happiness Equity Beauty Research Student Research: Living-Learning Laboratory Bio-Inspired Makerspace Generation II Reinvented Toilet Exhibitions Extension of Community (2023) Gender Equality: Reimagining Our Future Through Art and Technology (2022 - 2023) Learning from Nature: The Future of Design (2021 - 2023) Transformative Narratives (2021 - 2023) Search Search More than a Building: It is a Mission The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is the first building in Georgia and 28th in the world to earn Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification , the world’s most ambitious and holistic green building achievement. Rather than being less bad for the environment, The Kendeda Building fosters regenerative and restorative relationships amongst humans and nature where people give back more to the environment than they take. The building is net-positive energy and water over the course of each year. By incorporating salvaged materials during construction, the building diverted more waste from the landfill than it sent. To keep economic benefits local, at least 50% of the building materials and services were sourced from within 621 miles of the site. And it prioritizes occupant health and happiness. The Building is composed of materials screened for common hazardous chemicals known to harm human and environmental health. The mission of this multi-disciplinary classroom building is to prove that we can design, construct, and operate regenerative buildings in our region. Kendeda Building staff, who are part of the Office of Sustainability, engage with community, business, and elected leaders to change the paradigm from buildings that are "less bad" to buildings that give back more than they take. Watch Video Tour Listen to Kendeda Birds Click Here for Key Building Details Energy Dashboard The Greenest Classroom Building in the U.S. Tours Seeing is believing. Almost 10,000 people have already experienced the southeast United State’s first Living Building. Please book tours at least two weeks in advance. Please watch amazing video tour prior to in-person tour. Sign Up for a Guided Tour Featured Social Media Post Hundreds of thousands of honey bees make their home atop The Kendeda Building , and it’s up to Janelle Dunlap to make sure the hives thrive. Not only that, she turns beekeeping into art. Featured Article Designing for a Greener Future . To continue to reduce their carbon footprints and meet their climate commitments, schools and universities should pay greater attention to the embodied carbon in their facilities. Featured Podcast SSDN’s Green Minds: Kendeda Fund Part 1 on Regenerative Design Reserve Space Click here to see the building’s calendar. The Kendeda Building is primarily a classroom/classlab. The schedule of the building is unknown past the current semester. Please adhere to our Living Building guidelines . Spring and Fall Semester 2023: open to all Monday - Friday: 7:00am to 10:00pm Weekends: closed Request Space for Your Event Video Tour Watch Video Key Living Building Details Key Living Building Details 3D Tour Take Tour Social Media Links Georgia Institute of Technology North Avenue Atlanta, GA 30332 +1 404.894.2000 Campus Map General Directory Employment Emergency Information Legal Equal Opportunity, Nondiscrimination, and Anti-Harassment Policy Legal & Privacy Information Human Trafficking Notice Title IX/Sexual Misconduct Hazing Public Disclosures Accessibility Accountability Accreditation Report Free Speech and Censorship Concern © 2024 Georgia Institute of Technology GT...