A Tour of America’s First Zero-Impact, Supergreen “Living Building”
“The Omega Center for Sustainable Living is designed to make a LEED Gold structure look like a Superfund site. The $3.2 million Rhinebeck, New York, structure, which opens in July, will be the nation’s first certified “living building,” having no negative environmental effects. The centerpiece of the project — designed by Kansas City, Missouri-based BNIM and John Todd Ecological Design of Woods Hole, Massachusetts — is a revolutionary system that will clean 5 million gallons of wastewater a year. The facility also doubles as an education center focusing on — what else? — sustainable living.” – Anne C. Lee via fastcompany.com