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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
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/