to the rescue:

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• to the rescue
• Walk the Walk
• Talk the Talk
• Build New Allies

Elizabeth Martin Stephen Tilly
GHHN Practicum
April 6, 2009
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It takes energy to construct a new building.
It saves energy to preserve an
old one.
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US Energy Consumption Source energy information
administration adjusted by architecture2030.org
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Slide Mike Jackson, Chief architect, Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency
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• 2 types of embodied energy
• INITIAL (construction)
• RECURRING (repairs maintenance)

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ENERGY HISTORY total energy used to build,
renovate or run a building embodied energy
operating energy
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(SOME) GREEN FEATURES of OLDER BUILDINGS

• Passive ventilation
• Massive flywheel effect dampening temperature
  swings
• Exterior shading from porches overhangs
• Skylights, courts daylighting features (eg DIA
  Beacon)
• Repairable components (windows, hardware)
• Durable materials (stone, slate, old growth
  timber)

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Lyndhurst Tarrytown, New York
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Lyndhurst has 69 vents in or on the mansion
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Foam closed or open cell urethane
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Cellulose fire resistant recycled newspaper
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cotton recycled blue jeans
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A
Burnham Building Irvington-on-Hudson, NY
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a slate roof that generates electricity
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GEOEXCHANGE AKA geothermal
moderate ground temperature 55- F.
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• Reduce carbon emissions in Landscape
  maintenance
• Involve the environmental community
• Tell tales about the energy history of your
  site

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• manage and conserve water
• compost and use leaf litter to mulch and enrich
  your soils
• limit use of fertilizers, pesticides and
  herbicides
• select plants matched to the conditions your
  labor and your site can give them
• plant non-invasive species and cultivars from the
  period of significance of your property.

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Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
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• elizabethm_at_stillyarchitect.com
• List of websites for energy conservation
• 10 Tips to Green Your Home. Preservation
  Magazine, Jan/Feb 2008
• Window Know-How A Guide to Going Green.
  Preservation Magazine March/April 09
• Reading list on General Restoration
• Annotated Book List on Landscape
• Building Restoration Suppliers Database,
  Directory of Resources and Glossary
• Contact information about goats