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Webinar + Building Tour: Pushing Passive: Affordable Housing Forges the Way for High Performance, January 25, 12-1pm CT, Chicago, Illinois
Event Description
The Conservatory Apartments will be completed in February 2024. Once it is fully certified, it will be the largest Phius Certified Multi-Unit building in the city. Embracing both the then new 2019 Building Code which allowed a 4 story wood frame and new incentives in the State’s Qualified Action Plan (QAP) for Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) a course was charted to balance economics with delivering high performance.
Come and learn about:
1. How the team was able to implement the latest building code for economic tradeoffs.
2. Iterative high performance envelope design process, including a deep dive into wall section details.
3. WUFI Model do and don’t’s
In-Person Building Tour | 3:30 - 4:30 PM CT
Later, join in person, on a tour of the project later in the afternoon to see the end product and hear from the General Contractor about the construction process.
Time: Thursday, January 25, 3:30 PM
Location: Address will be shared in follow up email.
Tom Boeman, Owner, Boeman Design - Certified Passive House Consultant
Perry Vietti, President, Interfaith Housing Development Corporation - Client Developer
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