How Low Can We Go: Historic Preservation and Carbon Reduction

Retrofitting existing buildings to attain higher energy performance and to increase carbon reduction is often the direct result of not just exemplary design or detailing but also skills-based knowledge and training at the level of the individual tradesperson. This is the case with traditional craftsmanship and within the recently meteoric Passive House movement. This panel discussion will being together architects, uniquely positioned tradespeople, and educators to discuss the complications of preservation in the Age of Sustainability.