Burh Becc at Beacon Springs: a fully certified Living Building
Press release: ANN ARBOR, Mich., December 14, 2017, /CSRwire/ – Tom and Marti Burbeck – in search of truly sustainable living – brought together an architect, builder, green building project consultant and multiple building science engineers to design and build Burh Becc at Beacon Springs. They have succeeded in creating a home that will still be standing 200 years from now and will still be regenerative to the surrounding ecosystem. In late 2017, their home at Beacon Springs Farm, in Ann Arbor, became the second house in the world to achieve a Living Certified ruling via the Living Building Challenge™ certification by the International Living Future Institute.
In a nutshell: This PBS video gives an excellent overview of the Living Building Challenge and regenerative agriculture.
Having completed the Living Building Challenge, to build a house in harmony with nature, we have now embarked upon restoring habitat on our 30 acres of former farmland, meadows, wetlands and treelines. Our blog will document our work.
Our house is named Burh Becc, meaning, in Old English, a dwelling by a creek. Burh Becc is a certified
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