Video Friday: e2 design – Deeper Shade of Green (Full Episode)
First LEED Platnium home in Ohio
After 3 long years of volunteer work the N. 21st Street project received a Platinum certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) under the LEED for Homes Pilot program on February 18th, 2009. It is the first Platinum home in Ohio and only the 17th within the country in the affordable category at the time of certification.
This project was pushed forward by some very dedicated volunteers and a very patient owner. The house was constructed by the Home B.A.S.E. Foundation which takes high school seniors out of the class room to build homes for the working poor as part of their English, Government and Technology education programs. Roger Beck, a technology teacher, general contractor and the foundations founding member led the charge to build central Ohio’s first affordable green home. The Columbus Housing Partnership has been an integral part of the process. As the owner, they provided the initial home design from their stock set of plans provided to them by Sullivan Bruck Architects (Architect of Record).
Video Friday: e2 design – Green for All (Full Episode)
Granted this video is the next episode in the e2 design series, it speaks to a previous post (here) about my offices commitment to enter the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge and social responsibility.
Cleveland's Green Homes
Before moving from Cleveland in 2005, I was able to help organize what was the Emerging Green Designer’s Symposium with the Cleveland Green Building Coalition. It was a group of young unregistered architects who had the chance to learn how to design a home in a more holistic sense utilizing green design strategies. The first portion of the program was to learn from Jim LaRue – The House Menders, Inc., a local residential green building expert. The second portion of the program evolved over time and gave the participants the opportunity to use the skills they learned and design green homes.
2006 CitiRama Home
With great interest from the community designs were produced to build 4 homes throughout the city of Cleveland. The first was in 2006, which was the largest of the homes and built as a project of the Home Builders Association of Greater Cleveland for the 2006 CitiRAMA. CitiRAMA was a project of the Home Builders Association of Greater Cleveland and the City of Cleveland, which created a showplace for residential construction in the urban core and gave the general public opportunities to view and purchase new homes in the City of Cleveland.
Video Friday: e2 design – The Green Apple (Full Episode)