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Sustainable Housing Development

Sustainable Housing Development. New Hampshire Housing Strong Homes, Resilient Communities Michael Bruss , LEED AP. Sustainable Development.

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Sustainable Housing Development

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  1. Sustainable Housing Development New Hampshire Housing Strong Homes, Resilient Communities Michael Bruss, LEED AP

  2. Sustainable Development • Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Our Common Future (The Brundtland Report), 1987 • But what does it mean for us?

  3. The Triple Bottom Line People Planet Profit

  4. The Needs of Future Generations • How can we know what their needs will be? • We can’t actually know – but we do know that lasting quality sells, and over time represents an efficient use of resources • Current trends are for • smaller homes, • more compact (“urban”) development, • less emphasis on ownership; shorter tenure& rentals • But we’re still building a lot of sprawling residential development that sells

  5. What Are the Desired Outcomes? • Connectivity / walkability • Mix of uses, mix of housing – tenure and cost • Proximity of work and home • Denser development – patterns from a time when people walked more • Support for local food production • Protection of natural and cultural resources • Re-use of existing structures

  6. Case studies

  7. West Granite Redevelopment InitiativeManchester, NH

  8. Context Plan Union Crossing – Lawrence, MA

  9. Site Plan

  10. Rendering - Pedestrian Bridge from Island Street

  11. Mural

  12. Interiors

  13. Co-Housing Nubanusit Farm – Peterborough, NH

  14. Nubanusit Farm – Peterborough, NH

  15. Nubanusit Farm – Peterborough, NH

  16. Passive House (Passiv Haus) G·O Logic Homes, Belfast, Maine www.passivehouse.us

  17. Questions? Michael Bruss Michael@brusscon.com

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