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Appleton Farms
Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment
Ipswich, MA
The Appleton Farms Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment is the heart of this dynamic property, which includes numerous agricultural and commercial structures on well over 1,000 acres. For over 200 years the original farmhouse has been home to generations of the Appleton family.
This commercial rehabilitation project will focus on conversion of 4,700 square feet of the house including two distinct elements, the original 1794 farmhouse and the 1872 west wing, both of which have been abandoned for over 15 years.
This LEED-registered project is undergoing a deep energy retrofit, including a full gut to the frame, fully updated building envelope, complete systems replacement, and the addition of renewable energy systems. Targeted energy performance is a 50% reduction when compared to Massachusetts Building Code requirements.
ZeroEnergy Design is providing energy modeling and HVAC design services.
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| Multiple Certifications |
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The NAHB Research Center, the sole certifying entity for the National Green Building Standard, has made achieving multiple certifications easiler. As a partner with the Department of Energy's Builder's Challenge Program, the NAHB Research Center now offers concurrent certification for both standards.
Effectively what this means is that new homes targeting certification under the National Green Building Standard will not only have the opportunity to be certified under the Builder's Challenge Program, but also the ENERGY STAR Program and the EPA's Indoor airPLUS Program. Because Indoor airPLUS is designed with typical ENERGY STAR verification methodology in mind and the other certifications require ENERGY STAR, the practical potential to achieve four separate certifications on one project becomes very real.
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| Stephanie Horowitz on CNBC |
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 ZeroEnergy Design's Stephanie Horowitz AIA provided CNBC with insight regarding new home energy monitoring systems coming onto the market.
General awareness of energy consumption will grow expontially as systems with real time feedback penetrate the market.
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| 21st Century Beach Houses |
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 ZeroEnergy Design's Truro Residence is being published in a new coffee table style book. Pre-order your copy now on Amazon!
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| Reuse in New England |
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 Are you considering a new construction project that removes an existing building? Do you have left over building materials you'd like to donate?
The EPA provides a selection of resources that you might consider before treating your materials as solid waste. Think "reuse" first!
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| Best Green Houses |
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 GreenSource Magazine just covered ZeroEnergy Design's English Residence and Truro Residence under their Best Green Houses section.
As a sister publication of Architectural Record, the piece was also featured extensively on the main website page of Architectural Record.
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