vermont’s greenest building award | commercial: Putney school field house

EUI: 9.7 kBtu/sf/yr

Architect: Maclay Architects

vermont’s greener building award | commercial: nrg systems - building one

When NRG Systems’ owners approached Maclay Architects about designing their first buildings for the sustainable manufacturing campus they envisioned, their commitment was clear. As a worldwide technology leader in the wind industry, NRG Systems has a corporate culture that fosters innovation in lean manufacturing, energy efficiency and renewable energy development. EUI: 19 kBtu/sf/yr

vermont’s greener building award | commercial: nrg systems - building two

The second NRG building designed by Maclay Architects, a LEED gold certified building, improves upon the first building completed in 2004 and begins to create a campus like setting on the outskirts of the village of Hinesburg, Vermont. EUI: 19 kBtu/sf/yr

vermont’s going green award | commercial: middlebury south village professional office building

At the heart of the Middlebury South Village, smart-growth community exists the Middlebury South Village Professional Office Building designed by Maclay Architects, a two story, 17,000 square foot office building, built for only $132 a square foot and currently occupied by the State of Vermont. The building is a healthy workplace for its users and an energy efficient building that will be affordable to operate in the future. EUI: 34 kBtu/sf/yr

vermont’s going green award | commercial: Maclay office building

Located on an historic property in downtown Waitsfield, the Maclay Office Building is part of a net-metered property which includes this office, the attached historic house including two apartments, and the Maclay’s personal residence nearby in Warren, VT. A deep energy retrofit and renovation was performed on the historic carriage barn to convert it into a workable office space. EUI: 47 kBtu/sf/yr

vermont’s going green award | commercial: wheeler brook affordable housing

This 18-unit development in the Mad River Valley, designed for Housing Vermont and the Central Vermont Community Land Trust, provides a rural community with healthy, energy efficient, affordable housing. The three buildings were designed and detailed with long-term energy costs in mind with numerous additional energy savings measures incorporated throughout the course of construction. EUI: 48 kBtu/sf/yr

vermont’s greenest building award | residential: charlotte house

The goal was to create a house with as little environmental impact as possible while maintaining a high level of design and detail in a cold northern climate. The house has been designed to, and has been functioning since construction, at net zero energy use with zero carbon emissions, using only electricity generated on site with its 10kW net-metered wind turbine and 5kW PV tracker. EUI: 7.8 kBtu/sf/yr

Owner: David Pill and Hillary Maharam

Architect: Pill-Maharam Architects

vermont’s greener building award | residential: the beideck/smith house

This Waterbury home was designed, modeled and built to be operationally carbon neutral. It makes use of passive solar heat gain during the heating season and overhangs optimized to reduce gain during the summer. High efficient, triple pane windows were specifically sized to meet the glazing area goals. The amount of energy needed to heat the house is minimized via the super-insulated shell of the house. Additionally, the foundation was insulated using the frost protected, shallow foundation method in order to trap the earth’s natural heat under the home. EUI: 10.7 kBtu/sf/yr

Owner: Dan Beideck and Ann Smith

Architect: Dovecote Design

vermont’s greener building award + people’s choice award | residential: habitat for humanity passive house

EUI: 11.43 kBtu/sf/yr

Developer and Builder: Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity and Preferred Building Systems

Architect: J.B. Clancy of Albert, Righter and Tittmann

Energy Consultant: Peter Schneider of Efficiency Vermont

vermont’s greener building award | residential: dartt house

A deep energy retrofit was completed on this historic house, which also included converting the existing house into two apartments, which better fit the rental needs of the Mad River Valley. Because of the historic nature of the house, great care was taken in the process to maintain the existing exterior of the building, and energy efficient renovations were performed primarily on the interior of the house. This house is located on an historic property in downtown Waitsfield, and is part of a net-metered property which includes this house, the Maclay Architect’s Office and the Maclay’s personal residence in Warren, VT. EUI: 23 kBtu/sf/yr

Architect: Maclay Architects

vermont’s going green award | residential: cook residence

The goal was to design a well insulated well built house that fit into an existing neighborhood, built with solar orientation in mind, within walking distance of the daily routine of the family. EUI: 31.7 kBtu/sf/yr

Owner: Adam and Chris Cook

Contractor: Old County Building and Design

vermont’s going green award | residential: vermont healthy home

The Vermont Healthy Home was designed around the ideas of resource conservation and healthy living environments. This design is not only built to maximize the use of resources and increase energy performance, the design is also optimized for health, eliminating many of the sources of indoor air pollution that are common in so many homes. While this is a built example of one of these such Vermont Health Homes, a set of standardized plans have been developed that allow a variation of the Vermont Healthy Home to be adapted to the needs of any family on any site. EUI: 37 kBtu/sf/yr

Owner: Bill and Alex Maclay

Architect: Maclay Architects

vermont’s going green award | residential: tepfer residence

This residence is located on the western edge of a hayfield in Putney behind the family’s early century farmhouse. The owner’s were committed to the goal of developing a one-story living, passive solar, net-zero home, but the site provided a challenge as the views were predominately eastward, towards Mt. Monadnock. The solution was to stretch the floorplan southward from the eastern views and provide maximum glazing to the south, bringing the south light in to all living spaces, tucking utility and bathroom spaces along the north side of the plan. Solar panels are located on the northern edge of the hayfield in a location where they receive almost no shading from trees and other obstacles. EUI: 37 kBtu/sf/yr

Owner: Burt and Harriet Tepfer

Architect: Maclay Architects

Contractor: Jonathan Klein Builders