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Maclay Architects will become Vermont Integrated Architecture – Maclay Studio vermontbiz.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vermontbiz.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
From its start, Pierson Library has embraced sustainability vtcng.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vtcng.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium Science Annex Addition and Façade Restoration Projects, St. Johnsbury, VT. Vermont Integrated Architecture and the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium are seeking qualifications from General Contractors for construction services. The scope of work encompasses two projects for which we intend to contract with one General Contractor. 1. Science Annex: A 6,631 square foot addition and minor renovations to the existing building; and 2. Façade and roof restoration and repair to the historic building. The Science Annex project will be one of the first contemporary mass-timber public structures in Vermont, and will far exceed energy code requirements. The façade and masonry restoration portion of the project includes repair, repointing, and resetting of some of the original stone of the building façade. In addition, it includes flashing, re-roofing, and structural upgrades at the two building spires/towers.
Net-zero house by Rolf Kielman Last month, I had a heat pump installed in our Burlington home. The centrally ducted system helps address the climate crisis by replacing some natural-gas-fueled heat during the shoulder seasons with heat generated by electricity. Burlington's electricity comes from all-renewable sources — the wood-chip-fired McNeil Generating Station, hydro and wind — rather than fossil fuels. So the Burlington Electric Department, which also serves as the city's energy-efficiency utility, is incentivizing such carbon-reducing measures with rebates. Of our total bill, $6,900, BED rebated $4,500. That made me feel good, of course. But, considering that the built environment accounts for 39 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations Environment Programme, it's a drop in the bucket. A more comprehensive approach to reducing buildings' fossil fuel use and carbon emissions is urgently needed. And that's increasingly the focus of Vermont's architects.