1. Green Aesthetic:
21 st Century
Architecture

2. Jill Kowalski, Moderator
Development Director, Delaware Valley Green Building Council
Mary Carroll
Senior Project Manager, Francis Cauffman
Nic Darling
Partner and CMO, Postgreen
James Maransky
Principal, The EnVision Group, Developer of IceHouse
Matt Wolfe, LEED AP, CDT
Sustainable Design Coordinator,
Gensler

3. Mary Carroll
Senior Project Manager
Francis Cauffman

4. Green Aesthetic:
21st Century Architecture
Green Feasibility Strategies

5. Thesis Equation:
Tax incentives Preserve surrounding
environment
Sustainable Design
Resource efficiency Beauty
equals
Utility
Good Design
Enhance health and
quality of life Save on energy
Educate costs
Durability community

6. Back to Basics:
To find new things, take the path you took yesterday.
- John Burroughs
To find new things, take the path you took yesterday.
- John Burroughs

7. History
Pioneers/Farmers
Industrial Revolution

8. What is a Green Building
“Building green is an opportunity to use our resources
efficiently while creating healthier buildings that improve human
health, build a better environment and provide cost savings.”
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/pubs/about.htm

9. What is Green Feasibility?
• Communication – Collaboration
• Identify Key Players – Teams
• Engage Township Officials, Government Agencies, Municipalities
• Confirm Schedule – Objectives, Milestones, Deliverables / Approval
• Explore Options
• Gain Consensus
• Record Decisions

10. What is Green Feasibility?
Existing New Goals Evaluate
Audit
Opportunities Timeline
“Take Stock” • Upfront
Costs
Replace with Save Energy /
Boiler • Priority
Geothermal Money
• Benefit
• Viability
Save Water /
Old Faucet Low-Flow Fixture
Money

11. Green Feasibility: Business Model
Cost Cost
Schedule Human Health,
Safety and
Comfort
Schedule Quality Quality Ecology
Old Decision Model New Decision Model
Source: The HO+K Guidebook to Sustainable Design

12. Green Principals

13. Green Principals

14. Case Study
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Center for Genetics and Pharmacology / SUNY University
at Buffalo NY State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences

15. Case Study
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center
Critical Care Building – Wilkes-Barre, PA

16. Case Study
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Penn Medicine at Valley Forge – Berwyn, PA

17. Case Study
B.Braun
New Manufacturing Facility – Allentown, PA

18. Case Study
Claire Brennan (My 8 year old niece)
What is Green Design to her? – Denver, CO

19. Case Study
Cassidy Brennan (My 10 year old niece)
What is Green Design to her? – Denver, CO

20. Case Study
Vivian O’Brien – 11 years old
What is Green Design to her? – Hopewell, NJ

21. Back to Basics:
DURABILITY
UTILITY
BEAUTY
Sustainability is not a destination,
but a journey

22. Contact Information
PDF document available with details
of this presentation.
Please contact:
Mary F. Carroll, AIA, NCARB LEED®AP
Phone: 215.568.8250 x208
mcarroll@franciscauffman.com

23. Nic Darling
Partner and CMO
Postgreen

24. Problems as Inspiration

25. COST SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN

26. PROBLEM 1 ‐ INFILL

27. PROBLEM 2 ‐ SIZE

28. PROBLEM 3 – PALLETTE

29. PROBLEM 4 – FLATNESS

30. PROBLEM 5 – MATERIALS

31. PROBLEM 6 – CHOICE

32. SOLUTION 1 – 100K HOUSE?

33. SOLUTION 2 – PASSIVE PROJECT?

34. SOLUTION 3 – SKINNY PROJECT?

35. FORMULA
DEVELOPER + BUILDER + ARCHITECT

36. FORMULA
+ COMMUNITY
Design/Blog

37. www.PostgreenHomes.com

38. James Maransky
Principal
The EnVision Group, developer of
IceHouse

39. The Icehouse—Final Exterior
Rendering

40. The Icehouse Aerial View

41. Icehouse LEED/Green Key
Features
Common Area Green Roof
Private Green Roofs on all units with rooftops
Rainwater Recycling System and Integrated Koi Pond
Agribalance Soy Insulation – uses recycled plastic and soy and vegetable
oils which not only conserves natural resources and contributes to zero
ozone depletion, but also has significant energy savings
FSC Certified Siding and SFI Certified Hardwood Floors
Energy Star Appliances, Lighting, and Ceiling Fans
High Efficiency HVAC featuring Koolduct
Lo Flow Plumbing Fixtures
Noritz “Tankless” Hot water heaters with 93% energy efficiency—heat water
on demand and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Energy Star North Windows
Formaldehyde-Free Bamboo Cabinets
Low-VOC Paints and Finishes
Recycle and Reuse Products from existing structure

42. Icehouse Goals
• To reduce homeowner utility bills
by 30-40%
• Create a Durable/Sustainable
Project
• Create a project with a Minimal
Environmental Impact

43. Icehouse Original Structure
“Dooley’s Icehouse” I

44. Dooley’s Icehouse

45. Thompson Street-Pre Construction

46. Icehouse Garage Interior
Pre-Con

47. Icehouse Hand Demolition

48. Salvaged Materials For Re-
Integration (Brick)

49. Paper Street Exit For Garage

50. Paper Street Exit-WIP

51. Beginning Construction Phase—Roof of future Parking
Garage and foundation of 1 BR Flats

52. Icehouse Skeleton

53. Agribalance Soy Insulation

57. Icehouse—Nearing 1st Phase
Completion August ‘09

58. Icehouse Aerial

59. Matt Wolfe, LEED AP, CDT
Sustainable Design Coordinator
Gensler

72. GENSLER

73. Question &
Answer

74. Please complete the survey being
distributed by the volunteers.
Surveys may be returned to the
volunteers or at the Registration
Desk in Ballroom A.

75. Thank you to our sponsors