Payette staff members had a large presence at the annual Architecture for Humanity Boston 5k fundraiser and took home overall first place (which included the prized concrete cup)! Our Andrea Love and Hilary Barlow ran amazingly fast and placed 1st and 2nd in the women’s category.
The team:
Hilary Barlow, Susan Blomquist, Daniel Gonzalez Brenes, Chris Lee Brenes, Jeff Davis, Andrea Love, Miep Keller, Preston Keller, Horacio Larreguy, Alejandra Menchaca and Jeff Zynda
This year the money that was raised will go towards the design and build of a home for 40 children and a community park in Nepal.
See AfHB’s website for more information.
Cape Cod Community College’s Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center is a net-positive energy building designed to transform the heart of campus.
The project approaches sustainability through a holistic and global approach, implementing a range of moves including passive solar shading overhangs, air-source heat pumps, high performance materials with low embodied carbon and the expansion of the range of thermal comfort and lighting power density. Combined with on-site photovoltaics, the project achieves net-positive energy use.
The project’s thermally modified wood rainscreen façade is a study of the modern expression of vernacular Cape Cod architecture while reducing embodied carbon. Early lifecycle assessments identified the immense carbon savings of wood over fiber cement. The design team did not stop there, furthering reductions by peeling back unnecessary finishes like carpet and ceilings. Together, these decisions enabled a 19% reduction in embodied carbon.
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