Case
Study:
Emeryville
Resourceful Building Project
Key design elements:
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Life-cycle analysis of systems and materials options
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Infill development that fits the neighborhood
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Holistic design by a green design team, incorporating energy and
resource efficiency
Location: Emeryville,
California
Developer: Emeryville
Redevelopment Agency funding as part of its first-time home buyer program
Builder or architect: Siegel
& Strain Architects
Cost: $478,644
(construction costs for all three units)
Size: Two-story duplex and two-story single-family house
Project year: 1999
Features:
 According to the architect, the
Emeryville Resourceful Building combines environmental goals with the economic and social
goals of providing affordable housing. This three-unit project is located on an infill lot in a neighborhood of
single-family houses and small buildings. The budget and design goals are modest: the
buildings endeavor to fit into and strengthen the existing neighborhood. The design
incorporates resource and energy efficient measures, use of recycled, durable, non-toxic
building materials, and job-site recycling. A green design team extensively utilized
environmental life-cycle analysis to evaluate the environmental performance of alternative
building assemblies. The assemblies
eventually chosen for the project incorporated both advanced framing and certified
sustainably produced lumber. Environmental
aspects of the project were detailed in project specifications for use by the builder.
More Information:
Some information available at the architect’s web site. Additional information can be obtained from the
publication “Emeryville reSourceful Building,” published by Siegel and Strain
Architects.
Pattern reference: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16
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