This session will delve into two wide-ranging case studies representing the few Northeast LBC projects (only 50 active LBD nationwide). The Smith College Bechtel Environmental Classroom field station building is on track to receive full certification by early 2014. The Kellogg House at Williams College, a repurposed and expanded historic building, currently in construction (Fall 2013). These projects have broken new ground, faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles (think ZNEB, Zero Net water and Red List for materials) and -so far- prevailed to achieve facilities that go well beyond energy use to include the embodied carbon, water and nutrient cycles, site and societal environmental impacts, and aesthetic and equity issues.