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Freeport Low Energy Passive House
Green Building Design in Queens, NY design by a.m.Benzing architects pllc, USA
Jul 9, 2019
Low Energy Passive House
Architect: a.m.Benzing architects pllc
Location: Long Island City, Queens, New York City, USA
Designing a Low Energy Passive House in a flood zone is a challenge but it is an opportunity as well. In order to achieve resilient homes, building codes require all vital building elements to be above the flood elevation. This makes sense but has real consequences for cities and towns. a.m.Benzing architects were compelled to think about these consequences because of a spontaneous bid in an auction for a small property on the South Shore of Long Island. New York State auctioned off homes destroyed by Sandy and unwillingly abandoned by their owners.
Designing a three story building in a 1 1/2 story building neighborhood
The home is designed to the Low Energy Passive House standard. It allowed us to reduce the energy used in the building by about 70% to a comparable building in the neighborhood. All mechanical systems are included into the buildings envelop and not boiler room is needed.
The brief was to design a resilient home in a flood zone. The architects’solution was to design a passive house as a salt box design.
Freeport Low Energy Passive House – Building Information
Architect: a.m.Benzing architects pllc
General Contractor: North Shore Construction Services Inc.
Developer: GreeNuvo LLC
Project size: 1750 ft2
Site size: 1
Completion date: 2017
Building levels: 3
Photography: Daniel Gale
Freeport Low Energy Passive House images / information received 090719
Location: Long Island City, NY, USA
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