The Tin Mountain Conservation Center in Albany, New Hampshire is a non-profit nature center focused on teaching surrounding communities about ecological issues. The 6,400 square foot project includes proprietary solar thermal and solar/photovoltaic systems integrated into the building. Extensive energy modeling was done to compare costs with benefits, which were constantly balanced. The building includes 20 different locally harvested woods that are featured in various rooms as finish as an exhibit of the woods as part of the TMNLC's educational objective. The state of the art solar building provides an excellent teaching platform for promoting sustainable energy systems, energy conservation choices and the use of locally produced wood products. This project won the 2007 PlanNH Merit Award for Excellence, and an Honorable Mention for Sustainable Design in 2008 from AIA New Hampshire Integrated Design/Integrated Development.
The Visitor Center at the Squam Lakes Natural Science Center in Holderness New Hampshire acts as an educational tool to visiting students as well as the welcome area to all visitors. Environmentally appropriate systems installed include a composting toilet system, solar hot water panels and photovoltaic panels to generate electricity. Local natural timber frame and wood ceilings and bluestone floors are used throughout. This project has won several awards for environmental sensitivity.
We focus on energy efficient, sustainable designs using a variety of integrated systems including active and passive solar and geothermal systems. Extensive energy modeling and the use of locally harvested wood and stone products ensures the highest level of "green" building techniques available to our clients. Learn more about the 2030 Challenge to transform the US and global Building Sector from the major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions to a central part of the solution to the global-warming crisis. Visit www.architecture2030.org.
Sustainable Design
The Thorne Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College has won many awards for its design and illumination. The lobby of the building serves as a passive solar collector, with heated air being moved to the interior of the buiding when necessary. A n integrated climate control system provides constant temperature and humidity.
This new five bedroom home replaced an old family "Camp" on a lakefront site. The original camp, though it had served the family well, was mold-infested, structurally inadequate and lacked the open spaces this growing family craved. They requested a new, energy efficient LEED home be built in its place; a home that would function as the gathering place for the multi-generational family now and in the future. This home achieved a LEED Platinum rating by: efficiency in materials, high energy performance, lower water usage, recycled, local and FSC products and low/no irrigation landscaping that will be left to "naturalize."