![Screen grab from a video of Yale's Mae-Ling Lokko explaining what a living building is](https://sustainability.yale.edu/sites/default/files/styles/blog_and_explainers/public/what_is_a_living_village.png?itok=ySgann89)
October 23, 2023
On Oct. 11, Yale Divinity School broke ground on an ambitious “living building” project that expects to give back to the environment more than it takes. In a pair of videos, Yale’s Mae-Ling Lokko explains what makes a structure a “living” building.