Jason F. McLennan
Born in Sudbury, Ontario—previously one of the most polluted mining cities in the world—at a young age Jason participated in the healing and regeneration of his hometown. Eventually, these efforts won the community a United Nations Commendation, setting Jason on his path to seek regenerative solutions to all human-made environmental and social challenges.
The author and creator of many of the building industry’s most critical standards and tools—such as the Living Building Challenge, the WELL Standard, the Living Product Challenge, JUST, Declare, Pharos, Net Zero Certification and, more recently, GOAL—Jason has played a key role in shaping the green building movement across the globe.
His ideas have earned national and international acclaim, including winning the Buckminster Fuller Prize, the ENR National Award of Excellence, and the Ashoka Fellowship. Jason has designed and consulted on many of the world’s greenest projects and is regularly sought out by leading companies and institutions for sustainability and social justice strategy.
Jason lives on Bainbridge Island near Seattle with his family, dogs, and chickens in a Living Building home he designed that was named a ”House of the Month” by Architectural Record and “One of the greenest buildings, ever and home” by The Seattle Times.
