Climate Change Row House - International Passive House Days

Come see the real story of what drove the environmental design for this mid-block, reconstructed row house that caused a fair level of controversy. The original structure, designed in the late 19th century, suffered from an unfortunate 1970’s “re-do” resulting in a prison-like façade that was structurally unstable. Add to that the newly enforced floodplain regulations (the house had to be raised), high water table and moisture conditions and jointly owned party-wall contention. If that was not enough, the owners, taking into account that NYC buildings are responsible for 75% of total greenhouse gas emissions, desired to maximize energy conservation – thus following passive house standards. The measures (high R- value insulation, air barrier, high performance windows and doors and heat recovery) combined with urban agriculture features, storm water retention and solar hot water truly make this two-family house in NYC unique.

There will be 2 walk through tours: one at 1.30pm and the second one at 2.30pm.

Floodplain
http://www.fema.gov/mitigationbp/brief.do?mitssId=9932

Environmental Features
http://www.bloomberg.com/slideshow/2014-08-13/just-a-house-that-uses-90-percent-less-energy-than-yours-that-s-all.html#disqus_thread

Passive House
http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/green-building-news/almost-passivhaus-project-bloggers-love-hate

Status: Built

Architect: Thomas Paino (http://climatechangerowhouse.com/)
Structural: Dunne & Markis Structural Engineers (http://www.dunneandmarkis.com/)
Passive House Consultant: Zero Energy Design (http://www.zeroenergy.com/)
Contractor: All Dimension (http://www.alldimensionconstruction.com/)

To see address of the project, please register to this event by creating a meetup profile.

For full listing of regional open houses visit the event's main page, here (https://www.meetup.com/NYPassiveHouse-NYC/events/212257742/).

Suggested donations: $10 or become a NYPH Member here. (http://nypassivehouse.org/become-a-member/)

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