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Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center

Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center

Finland, Minnesota
United States
Wolf Ridge

Introba provided design analytics, sustainability consulting, and engineering peer review for the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, MN, United States.

The Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center (WRELC) is about transforming people with an impactful experience. Located in Northern Minnesota on the shores of Lake Superior, the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center’s legacy is creating an experience that changes people and their behavior, influencing home, school, community, and the next generation. The new living-learning facilities embody nature’s teaching power and create an inspiring “home away from home” experience that is both physically and emotionally satisfying. The buildings are an integral part of the environmental learning process, with visible, interactive sustainability features that help change attitudes and behavior. 

The goal of WRELC was to be a cutting-edge, replicable, sustainable building that integrates zero-carbon strategies throughout the center. WRELC is on the map as the home of the best sustainable buildings in the world and is the first renovation project ever to receive Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification 

Introba (formerly Integral Group), in collaboration with HGA Architects, designed a remodel of the existing dorms and added additional housing with systems that allow the building engineer to monitor the resources used in each room, encouraging occupants to practice sustainable behaviors. 

Sustainability

  • Living Building Challenge 

  • Zero Carbon Target 

  • Zero Net Energy Target  

Project Highlights

  • New living-learning facilities embody nature’s teaching power and create an inspiring “home away from home” experience 

  • The buildings are an integral part of the environmental learning process, with visible, interactive sustainability features 

  • Cutting-edge, replicable, sustainable building that integrates zero-carbon strategies throughout the center 

  • First renovation project ever to receive Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification 

  • Systems allow monitoring of the resources used in each room, encouraging occupants to practice sustainable behaviors 

Photo Credit: Inside Out Studios

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Awards
Top Project, 2017
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Leadership Award, 2018
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