佐治亚理工学院宣布 Kendeda 大楼创新可持续设计荣获生命力建筑挑战（Living Building Challenge，以下简称 LBC）认证，该挑战是世界上最具雄心和整体性的绿色建筑成就。国际未来生活研究所的认证表明 Kendeda 大楼是世界上最环保的建筑之一。

The Georgia Institute of Technology today announced that the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design has earned Living Building Challenge certification, the world’s most ambitious and holistic green building achievement. The certification from the International Living Future Institute independently verifies that the Kendeda Building is among the greenest in the world.

▼临街外观，street view©JONATHAN HILLYER

▼近景，closer view©JONATHAN HILLYER

Kendeda 大楼所在的佐治亚理工学院院长 Ángel Cabrera 说：“我们认为自己有责任以身作则。这座建筑赞颂了人类智慧的力量，这种智慧帮助我们在面临巨大挑战时找到解决问题的方法。我们一直希望校园可以变成创新实验室，从而激励并培养未来推动科技和改善环境的引领者，这座建筑完美地达到了我们的预期。”

“We feel a responsibility to lead by example,” said Ángel Cabrera, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, where the Kendeda Building is located. “This building — which is a tribute to the power of human ingenuity to find new solutions to our greatest challenges — aligns with our long-standing vision for our campus to serve as a laboratory for innovation to inspire and develop tomorrow’s leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition.”

▼光伏顶棚下的社交空间，social space under the photovoltaic canopy ©JONATHAN HILLYER