A Brief History

The project entails repairing the building at 335 Maplewood Ave in a manner that meets both preservation and sustainability goals. The building is the new location for Petersen Engineering, a firm that has been located in Portsmouth since 1992, and specializes in sustainable building engineering. We intend for this project to showcase techniques & materials that promote both preservation and sustainability and intend to share all aspects of the project locally and regionally through open houses, presentations, industry tradeshows, case studies and publications. We foresee this project being a valuable educational tool to demonstrate that preservation goals need not be compromised by sustainability goals. We have teamed with Bruss Construction who we know from past collaborations has exceptional experience and expertise on projects with the dual goal of preservation and sustainability.

The project received approval by the Historic District Commission on January 6, 2010 with construction scheduled to begin early February 2010.

The projected peak heat loss reduction is 85%.


Thursday, January 7, 2010

Button down the hatches!

It has been a been a COLD winter here at 335 Maplewood! During the deep freeze we had a few weeks back, our heating system could not heat the building above 60 degrees. Most days, 65 degrees is the max temp. (sounds like a nice spring day but let me tell ya, when you are sitting at a computer chair not moving, this is can feel like the arctic)

We are trying to button down the hatches the best we can to ride the winter out before the big renovation. We are replacing broken window panes, screwing broken windows shut, caulking and putting up plastic window films throughout. The building isn't toasty warm by any means but the emergency air sealing and window repair demanded attention and so far is making a noticeable difference.


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