GEN ▁ ▁The ▁reg ener ative ▁design ▁framework ▁RE GEN ▁was ▁proposed ▁by ▁Ber ke b ile ▁Nelson ▁Im m ensch uh ▁Mc D ow ell ▁( B N IM ), ▁a ▁US ▁architect ural ▁firm , ▁for ▁the ▁US ▁Green ▁Building ▁Council ▁( US G BC ). ▁The ▁tool ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁web - based , ▁data - rich ▁framework ▁to ▁guide ▁dialog ue ▁between ▁profession als ▁in ▁the ▁design ▁and ▁development ▁process ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁" address ▁the ▁gap ▁in ▁information ▁and ▁integration ▁of ▁information ." ▁The ▁framework ▁has ▁three ▁components : ▁▁ ▁Framework ▁- ▁the ▁framework ▁encourag es ▁systems ▁thinking ▁and ▁collaboration ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁linking ▁individual ▁strateg ies ▁to ▁the ▁goals ▁of ▁the ▁project ▁as ▁a ▁whole ▁ ▁Resources ▁- ▁the ▁framework ▁includes ▁place - based ▁data ▁and ▁information ▁for ▁project ▁teams ▁to ▁use ▁ ▁Project s ▁- ▁the ▁framework ▁includes ▁examples ▁of ▁successful ▁projects ▁that ▁have ▁incorpor ated ▁reg ener ative ▁ideas ▁into ▁the ▁design ▁as ▁models ▁for ▁project ▁teams ▁ ▁L EN SE S ▁ ▁Living ▁En viron ments ▁in ▁Natural , ▁Social ▁and ▁Econom ic ▁Systems ▁( LE N SE S ) ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁Colorado ▁State ▁University ' s ▁Institute ▁for ▁the ▁Bu ilt ▁Environment . ▁The ▁framework ▁is ▁intended ▁to ▁be ▁process - based ▁rather ▁than ▁product - based . ▁The ▁goals ▁of ▁the ▁framework ▁include : ▁▁ ▁to ▁direct ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁e co - reg ional ▁gu iding ▁principles ▁for ▁living ▁built ▁environments ▁ ▁to ▁illustrate ▁connections ▁and ▁relationships ▁between