Senior Editor Joann Gonchar’s continuing education piece on water conservation features Bend’s own Desert Rain House, the world’s first Certified Living Building residential project.  See Joann’s full article>

Symone Garvett introduces the three-unit Desert Rain residential compound.  Comprised of a 2300 square foot main home (“desert rain”), 500 square foot studio (“desert sol”), and a 750 square foot, upper-level, one-bedroom apartment (“desert lookout”), this project is the world’s first fully certified, residential, Living Building.  See Symone’s full article>