Sustainable Design: New Directions for Affordable Housing Symposium

America needs not only affordable housing, but also homes that are energy efficient and designed using sustainable methods. In this day-long symposium on green affordable housing, leading experts from across the country will explore three main themes—green design process and technologies; costs and benefits of green design; and realistic strategies for financing. Participatory workshops will examine three case studies reflecting a broad mix of green affordable housing projects. An extensive analytical description of each case study will be distributed to symposium registrants in advance.

Sessions included:

Symposium Advisory Committee

In organizing this symposium, the National Building Museum has benefited from the guidance of an Advisory Committee composed of representatives from key organizations in the field of affordable housing.

Bank of America–Gregory Barnard, Gregory J. Melanson
Enterprise Community Partners–Dana Bourland
Fannie Mae Foundation–Lisa Mallory-Hodge, Christopher Morton
Global Green USA–Walker Wells
Habitat for Humanity International–Jane Maloney
Home Depot Foundation–Fred Wacker
National Association of Home Builders–John Ritterpusch, Emily English
National Association of Home Builders Research Center–Michael Luzier, Shawn Martin
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials–Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., Jeff Falcusan
National Housing Trust–Michael Bodaken, Tracy Kaufman
National Low Income Housing Coalition–Sheila Crowley
U.S. Department of Energy–Edward O. Pollock, Jr.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development–Luis F. Borray, Michael Freedberg
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency–David Lee, Brian Ng

Sponsors

Sustainable Design: New Directions for Affordable Housing is sponsored by The Home Depot Foundation and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, with additional support from the National Housing Endowment and Bank of America.

The National Building Museum thanks The Home Depot Foundation for graciously allowing use of its case study profile of the Prospect Terrace project. Global Green USA and Island Press kindly permitted prepublication use of the case studies for the Maverick Landing and Faison Mews projects that will appear in the forthcoming book, Blueprint for Greening Affordable Housing.

This symposium complements the exhibition The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design which is presented by The Home Depot Foundation with generous support from the ASID Foundation of the American Society of Interior Designers, Bosch home appliances, Portland Cement Association, Benjamin Moore® Paints, EPA/Energy Star, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, Band, Inc., Global Green, and James G. Davis Construction Corporation. Dwell is the exclusive media partner.