How Low Can We Go? Historic Preservation and Carbon Reduction

 

The second annual collaboration between the AIA NY Historic Buildings Committee (HBC) and the Committee on the Environment (COTE) took place on September 25, 2020. Focusing this time on Case Studies in Carbon Reduction for Modern Heritage Buildings, the virtual panel discussion explored exemplary architectural projects at the intersection of Modern heritage and sustainability. Moderated by Scott Henson from Henson Architects, the panel included a presentation by Bruce Becker from Becker and Becker and Lois Arena from Steven Winter Associates on the conversion of the former Pirelli Tire Building in New Heaven (Marcel Breuer, 1970) into a Passive House boutique hotel. AYON Studio Principal Angel Ayón presented on the Window Wall Replacement at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in NYC (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959), and Ghislain Bélanger from CO12 Architecture Inc. discussed the renovation of a residential unit at Habitat '67 in Montreal (Moshe Safdie, 1967). 

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