Green Homes and Sustainable Communities Chicago, Illinois August 7, 2008 Sustainable Communities:...

Green Homes and Sustainable CommunitiesChicago, Illinois August 7, 2008

Sustainable Communities:

Historic Preservation’s Role

Chart Courtesy of Timeforchange.org

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

US = 22% of greenhouse gases

-- 5% of world population

If everyone on the planet lived as we do in the United States, we would need ….

SIX planets to support resource consumption

Why Buildings Matter…

= 43% of Carbon Emissions

= 71% of Electricity

= 40% of Raw Materials

The Disposability of Buildings…

• 300 Billion square feet of space today

• 82 Billion demolished/ replaced by 2030

Retained73%

Demolished

27%

Source: Brookings Institution

Demolition Projections: 2005-2030

10 Years

Photos: J. Lindberg

2600 Football Fields

Context Matters

Context Matters

VS.

LEED & “Green Sprawl”

We can’t build our way out of this crisis – we must conserveour way out. -Richard Moe, NTHP

President

Sustainable Stewardship Principles

Reuse Reinvest Retrofit Respect

Image Courtesy USGBC

Why Reuse?

Demolishing this…

Fox Theater, Hutchinson, KSPhoto courtesy John Charlton, KGS

www.kgs.ku.edu

http://www.nosoup.net

Negates the benefits of recycling 30,000,000

aluminum cans

Above: Chestnut Hill, PA; Below: PhiladelphiaPhotos Courtesy of Congress for New Urbanis

Manitou Springs, COPhoto: B. Campagna

Reinvestment in Older and Historic Communities… is Sustainable Development

Retrofit Green… Many historic buildings are energy efficient

Average energy consumption Btu/sq. ftCommercial Buildings (non malls)Before 1920 80,1271920 – 1945 90,2341946 – 1959 80,1981960 – 1969 90,9761970 – 1979 94,9681980 – 1989 100,0771990 – 1999 88,8342000 – 2003 79,703

Source: Commercial Building Energy Consumption Survey, 2003

Ecotrust Building, Portland, OR – LEED-CertifiedCourtesy troutmountain.com

Vance Building, Seattle, WA – LEED certification anticipatedCourtesy Greenbuildings.com

The Armory, Portland OR, LEED PlatinumCourtesy AIA

Retrofit Green

Respect Historic IntegrityLincoln Cottage VEC

Lincoln Cottage Visitors Education CenterPhoto: David Overholt

Denver Dry Goods Company Building

Denver Dry Goods Building, 1924www.denverinfill.com

Historic Rehabilitation

Before

After

Affordable Housing

Community Context

Transit Oriented

Green Rehabilitation

Salvoweb.com

Policy Needs

U.S. Capitol

Federal Policy• Expand Historic

Tax Credits (homeowner)

• Green Bonus TC• Transportation • Green Jobs• Carbon Credits

Photo by Stacy Mitchell ©

Slate.com

State and Local Policy

• Building/energy codes • Long range planning/climate action plans

State and Local PolicyDemonstration Projects

Opportunities…

“Coalition for the Built Environment”

Partnerships at the State/Locallevel

For more information…

www.preservationnation.org/greenhttp://blogs.nationaltrust.org/

preservationnation/

Patrice_Frey@nthp.org