335 Maplewood Ave Renovation: NHSEA Presentation

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%.

Monday, November 22, 2010

NHSEA Presentation

The NHSEA Presentation on Saturday went well. We really tried to make the session as fun and action packed as possible. I think we did a pretty good job. There were a few moments that I had to yell over the sound of the drill but other than that, it was good. I think that we set a world record for having the most slides(244)in a presentation while also performing a live building demonstration!