The updated facility is projected to have more than a 70% decrease in energy use on a per-square-foot basis compared to the older facility.

The upgrades program is projected to save $392,000 in annual utility and operational costs.

Development will become the first campus of ‘living buildings’ within a national park.

Jason F. McLennan has left an “incredible legacy of brilliant ideas and visions for our future,” says Amanda Sturgeon, the new CEO of the International Living Future Institute, which administers the sustainable-building certification program called the Living Building Challenge.

Jason F. McLennan advances the world’s most audacious environmental standards and leads mission to provide super-sustainable buildings to the needy.

Partners Jason F. McLennan, Dale R. Duncan and Thomas J. Knittel think life is about give and take.

The project scored 83 points, the highest number in the USGBC database for Idaho projects under the 2009 Version 3 LEED criteria.