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Living Building Challenge: Jason McLennan
GreenSource sits down with Jason McLennan, the president of the Cascadia Green Building Council and creator of the Living Building Challenge, a sustainable building guideline that he says outpaces LEED standards.

• View a matrix comparing cost, climate, and building type derived from a recent study by the Living Building Challenge

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