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Subscription to the Living Building Community allows access to the full community forum including the User's Guide, Community Dialogue and other tools.
Click here for a one-year subscription.
Fee: Cascadia Members $75/ Non-Cascadia Members $100
Not a Cascadia Member? Click Here to join. (Please note that Cascadia membership is different from USGBC membership)
Interested in pursuing Living Building designation for your project? Here’s the process:
1. Become a Living Building Community member.
See Above.
2. Register your project.
The project registration page is accessible via the Community member section of the site. This is the first step in receiving Living Building or “Petal” designation on a project.
Fee: $50 for Cascadia members, $100 for non-members
3. Design, construct, and occupy your building.
Living Building designation occurs only after a building is occupied and operational for one full year. Documentation submittal and verification will happen at this point.
Fee structure for certification is listed below.
|
Project Size
(square feet) |
Single Petal Cost (US$) |
Living Building (US$) |
|---|---|---|
| <5000 | 250 |
1,000 |
| 5-10,000 | 500 | 2,000 |
| 10-30,000 |
1,000 | 5,000 |
| 30-50,000 | 2,000 | 10,000 |
| 50-100,000 |
3,000 | 15,000 |
| 100-500,000 | 4,000 | 20,000 |
| > 500,000 | 5,000 | 25,000 |
