Filtrine, Sustainability and Hampshire College’s R.W. Kern Center | Filtrine Location Hampshire College, Amherst, MA Challenge With the goal of building “a living symbol of Hampshire’s values in practice and ideas in action”, Hampshire College wanted their new R.W. Kern Center to gain the Living Building Certification (LBC). This meant it would be a net-zero energy, waste, and water building. The designers had to find a way to collect water and generate electricity without using city utilities. They also wanted to specify products and materials from local and regional sources, and avoid using anything that was on the International Living Future Institute’s (ILFI) Living Building Challenge toxic “Red List” . After intense collaboration that included staff and students, consultants, archite

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