Green building
Dave Toder, LEED AP, President, Bolder Architecture
Dave Toder, LEED AP, President, Bolder Architecture
After earning his degree in political science from Williams College in 1992, Dave Toder tried his hand at carpentry and construction in Colorado for five years. “Effectively I got to see some of ...
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Guy Geier, FAIA, FIIDA, LEED Senior Partner, FXFOWLE
Gerard 'Guy' Geier, FAIA, FIIDA, LEED Senior Partner, FXFOWLE
With 33 years of experience under his belt, Guy Geier has been involved with three LEED Platinum projects over the course of his career, two of which are in New York; the Rockefeller Brothers Fund ...
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Rick Alfandre, AIA, LEED AP, and President, Alfandre Architecture, P.C.
Rick Alfandre, AIA, LEED AP President, Alfandre Architecture, P.C.
With a career in sustainable green design dating back to the 1970s, Rick Alfandre was part of the movement towards more green architecture well before it became popularized. Alfandre remembers the ...
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Carol Kurth, FAIA, Allied Member ASID, LEED AP, President, The Office of Carol J.W. Kurth AIA Architect
Carol Kurth, FAIA, Allied Member ASID, LEED AP, President, The Office of Carol J.W. Kurth AIA Architect
In 1983, Carol Kurth became the youngest licensed female architect in New York at a time when women in the field were few and far between. She credits her education at what was then known as City...
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Meet the interior designers who are making a difference in the New York market through their ecofriendly and sustainable practices: Cathy Hobbs, Paul Gleicher, Lori Jacobsen, Neil Chambers, Irene Santoro, Kati Curtis, Susan Aiello, Dennis Wedlick, and Norma Lehmeier Hartie
The Faces of Sustainable Interior Design
Meet the interior designers who are making a difference in the New York market through their ecofriendly and sustainable practices.
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<b>Anthony Aebi</b></br> President, Greenhill Contracting Anthony Aebi is credited with building the first zero-net energy homes in the Northeast and is building communities around the concept that homes should produce more energy than they consume. Having started his career doing loft renovations in New York City, Aebi moved to the Hudson Valley and began stick-framing homes, which left him unsatisfied due to their inefficiency. He experimented with ICFs, better windows, better insulation, and a tighter building envelope, and then tried solar electric and hot water systems and geothermal heating and cooling, as he found it hard to sell a luxury home without air conditioning. The results were two beautiful, spacious, luxury EnergyStar and LEED-certified homes in Esopus with all the bells and whistles—with no energy cost to the purchasers. The problem: No one purchased them. Because there are no comparables, the appraisal system doesn’t yet recognize the enormous long-term benefits and operational savings to these homes, and the down economy—the homes are still available. Aebi recognized the need to provide the same zero-energy benefits in mid-range homes, and developed Green Acres in New Paltz, a 25-lot subdivision within walking distance to schools, shops, and recreation. Five homes are occupied and two more are under construction. Each so far has put back into the electric grid much more power than it consumed. One owner whose former house cost $6,000 per year for energy estimates that with his home’s energy savings and all the federal and state rebates and incentives, he’s got a 7-year payback on the upfront investment. Greenhill purchased the 11-lot Scenic Meadows subdivision in Gardiner last fall and plans to create another zero-energy community. Aebi is evangelical about zero-energy homes: “It’s a more sustainable way of living—and it makes more economic sense,” he says. And “if energy prices go up, the houses will be a whole lot more affordable.”
The Faces of Green Development
Meet the players who are making an impact by creating a more sustainable built environment.
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