“The risk of failing to create healthier spaces arguably outweighs any potential risk of making a well-informed attempt to utilize or implement an innovative product or process, even if it lacks clear precedent.” –Sustainable Strategies owner Nicole
“Promising Practices in Wall Assemblies” Workshop Available on YouTube
The first installment in EBP’s “Promising Practices Workshop Series” focused on Wall Assemblies. The session, held virtually on Thursday, Oct. 15, was led by Brad Carmichael of JRS Engineering and David Reddy of O’Brien360. Watch the Wall
Solar Design Charrette: Presentation slides available
Design charrettes are critical to one of the signature deliverables of HDC’s Exemplary Buildings Program: a series of guidelines that facilitate our sector’s ability to achieve Washington state’s building performance mandate before the 2031 deadline. Our third
Early Integrative Design Charrette: Presentation slides available
Design charrettes are critical to one of the signature deliverables of HDC’s Exemplary Buildings Program: a series of guidelines that facilitate our sector’s ability to achieve Washington state’s building performance mandate before the 2031 deadline. Our fourth
Balanced Ventilation with Heat Recovery Charrette: Updated presentation slides available
Our second design charrette took place on June 4, 2020. It zeroed in on a component that’s critical to achieving ultra-efficiency in new multifamily buildings: balanced ventilation and heat recovery.
Edwards Mother Earth Foundation awards Exemplary Buildings Program $70,000 to support “Best Practices Platform”
We’re deeply grateful to our friends at Edwards Mother Earth Foundation, champions of transformative solutions for the urgent, interrelated crises of equity, housing affordability, and climate change.
Just Released! “Guidelines for Wall Assemblies 1.0”
Several simple and cost-efficient common wall assembly designs suitable for ultra-efficient, affordable multifamily housing.
NYC and Seattle – The Country’s Climate Action “Bookends”
By Katrin KlingenbergExecutive Director and Co-Founder, Passive House Institute US, Inc. (PHIUS) On October 29th I was fortunate to attend the NYSERDA low carbon and zero energy Buildings of Excellence Awards at the Building Energy Exchange in
TOUR: Solis Apartments
On Thursday, HDC’s Practical Development Solutions Affinity Group hosted a Tour of Weber Thompson’s Solis Apartments, a multi-family Passive House project. Solis is a multi-family project set in the heart of Capitol Hill, featuring 45 apartments in
Willowcrest Groundbreaking
Willowcrest, developed by Homestead Community Land Trust, will be the first of its kind neighborhood in King County. The multi-unit homeownership program is both affordable to low/moderate-income households, and designed to reduce utility costs and climate impacts. Located