Lectures
High-Performance Residential Rehab
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Time: 12:15-1:00 PM
Location: The John Buck Lecture Hall Gallery, 224 South Michigan Avenue
Free to the public
High-Performance Residential Rehab: Challenging Assumptions of Sustainability on Two Recent Chicago Homes
Organization: Chicago Architecture Foundation
Curriculum: Sustainable Architecture Lunchtime Lecture Series
Summary
Rehabilitating and renovating existing buildings for very different clients – a family and a speculative residential developer – required rethinking preconceived notions of sustainability. Through a collaborative design and construction administration process and close attention to detailing the thermal envelope, cost-effective choices brought energy high-performance into the realm of possibility for the average homeowner or developer.
A brief discussion of the merits of various green building standards such as Energy Star and Chicago Green Homes (both of which the design team exceeded) will also be included.
Press
GreenBuildingTalk Blog (includes 3 videos)