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In the heart of Kansas City’s historic Beacon Hill neighborhood stands the Beacon Hill Passive House, a testament to sustainable living and architectural brilliance. Designed by Hoke Ley and crafted by Kala Performance Homes, this remarkable home recently earned the top award for custom homes under 3,000 square feet at the Second Annual DesignKC
“Today we hit a high of 115 degrees in downtown Vancouver, which beats the previous all-time record of 108 set yesterday. This is absolutely unprecedented here, and I just wanted to preface this by setting that stage . . . The building is performing absolutely amazingly. I remember previous 95- and 100- degree days when
“As long as we had single-pane windows, we were going to be fighting high energy demand.” – Bill Abbott, Property Manager U.S. Veteran Affairs Regional Administration Building, Texas Medical Center – Houston, Texas After battling excessive exterior window condensation and an uncomfortable working environment caused by single-pane windows, this 200,000 square foot building was completely transformed by
US General Services Administration (GSA) is wrapping-up Green Proving Ground field testing of our WinSert™ products. About the GSA’s Green Proving Ground Green Proving Ground (GPG) uses GSA-managed properties to evaluate sustainable building technologies that reduce energy in federal buildings and have significant savings potential if widely implemented. It was developed to help accelerate market
Framing the view from the “jewel box” of Manhattan “The glass elevator unveils the 360-degree panorama. Around the circular perimeter, full-height glass replaces high windows. The space, only 30 feet in diameter, is intimate, like a thrillingly vertiginous pilot house more than 1,200 feet above the city.” –New York Times When the glass needs
Boston Society of Architects/AIA awards 2018 Sustainable Design Honor Award Located on the Amherst, MA campus of Hampshire College, the Hitchcock Center for the Environment features an integrated interpretive program that explains universal natural principles and illustrates how those principles are applied within the building. It also features Alpen windows. “This center doesn’t merely
Boulder Commons, a net zero energy development in Colorado, is the home of Rocky Mountain Institute’s Boulder office. The project sets a new paradigm for zero energy lease structures, alternative mobility and high-performance speculative buildings. Alpen fiberglass windows provide a critical element of these two 100,000 square foot NZE/ZE buildings. Zero energy buildings have
A high performance home in the mountains of North Carolina When considering a new home, the owners (Andy and Gayle) wanted to save energy in order to lower energy bills and reduce their use of fossil fuels–as well as preserve some great south-facing views. When they finally began designing their house, they understood the
The Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center in Basalt, Colorado “This building achieves beyond net-zero energy because we have gotten better at choosing and combining technologies to maximize building performance.” –Amory Lovins The Three Main Design Challenges of the RMI Innovation Center in Basalt, Colorado: Meeting the goal of net zero in one of the
February 2, 2024