It is indeed tedious to have to look up each historic building to see if it is on the National Register. Jean Carroon's book, Sustainable Preservation, is full of case studies illustrating this sympbiotic theme, but whether the buildings are listed is not among the facts provided. I encourage use of her book for ideas that can be applied to historic buildings going for LEED certification, but you will still have to confirm your building's status.
The APT Matrix is being designed to aid selection of treatments that do no harm to historic fabric, while adding considerably to the energy performance of the building as a whole. It is a work in progress, and I encourage my fellow historic architects to attend the workshop, and the conference, this fall in Victoria, to contribute to its utility and dissemination.
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Ilene Tyler FAIA
Quinn Evans Architects
Ann Arbor MI
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-27-2011 15:40
From: George Siekkinen
Subject: National Register and LEED
Hello,
The APT (Association for Preservation Technology) has a sustainability task force planning a sustainability summit for the APT annual meeting coming up in Fall 2011 (this one is in Victoria, BC; the group is international and has its meeting alternating in US and Canadian venues). A previous sustainability & historic preservation summit was held in conjunction with the APT's conference in Denver of the year before. The intent is to develop a matrix of appropriate treatments for various existing/historic building types and construction systems regarding energy conservation, as I understand it.
But, the topic of the sustainability summit would appear to have similarities/relationships with the topics at hand regarding LEED and the National Register. Essentially, from my perspective, "Sustainability" is the "child" of "Historic Preservation" and "Conservation of Resources".
I would suggest looking into the endeavors of the APT group. I will forward what I can when I can find it (my office email system transitioned to the "Cloud" last week and the old server-based email messages are unreadable in the brave new world of the "Cloud").
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George Siekkinen AIA
Center for Historic Buildings
Winchester VA
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-24-2011 09:14
From: Brian Pape
Subject: National Register and LEED
I had a similar experience when registering the Wright Brothers Mule Barn and applying for LEED certification. My research told me that there were very few of this combination, but the numbers are growing. The only way, as you implied, is to get the lists from NPS and USGBC and try to compare, probably by address. That is due to the fact that many historic buildings will be registered strictly by their historic (origin) names, as opposed to their LEED application names. Sometimes, too, an address will change during the time of redevelopment (like my Fay Street Lofts project, the same as above).
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Brian Pape, AIA
Principal, CEO
Brian J. Pape Architect and Consultant
New York NY
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