Vive Verde will be the first of it's kind - a LIVING office building - in historic downtown Lake Worth, Florida. Every aspect of this LEED-Certified* building has been carefully planned by Dharma Living Systems to preserve, honor and utilize the environment. Vive Verde will be a building that grows from our earth rather than one that depletes her natural resources.

Vive Verde will be located at 1005 Lake Avenue in Lake Worth, Florida. It will be a four-story office building with garage parking and retail on the ground floor level.  This first floor will also be rich with gardens and a beautiful waterfall flowing into it from the second floor above.  Tentatively, the two retail outlets on the first floor will be a "UPS Store" on the east side and a "specialty cafe-coffee shop" on the west side.  The three floors above will contain office space and views into the center of the building looking into the Biolarium, gardens, streams, and waterfall.  A "living roof" lush with plants, trees, gardens, and sitting and viewing areas will top the building.

Vive Verde will be registered with the Green Building Council and will be LEED-Certified. The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings.

Vive Verde will be a "Living Machine". 'Living Building' Systems create their synergy through the use, collection, treatment, and re-use of water.  Building form and details are water-driven decisions producing a style called 'Aquatecture.' Dharma Living Systems, a pioneer of the green building movement, states the criteria for a Living Machine as:

1. Aesthetic appeal

2. Reliable performance

3. High quality final effluent suitable for a variety of reuse applications

THE OWNER

Nancy Romano, President of Vive Verde, Inc., owner of the new "LIVING OFFICE BUILDING," asks "Can you imagine a society in modern times where we construct beautiful, livable, and workable office buildings and homes which in turn enhance the environment, recycle water, sustain energy, and provide a home for Mother Earth instead of buildings constructed which continuously wound our Planet Earth? This is a reality!  It can and will happen ® but it requires a vigilant and continuous focus on environmental needs and concerns."

Nancy Romano can be reached at the law offices of

Romano, Eriksen and Cronin

West Palm Beach, Florida

Phone: (561)533-6700