[MassHistPres] Green Design and Historic Preservation: Exploring the Historic Building Envelope

[Ward Hamilton at Olde Mohawk Masonry & Historic Restoration]

We have a great seminar this month in Amherst.  Please share and
distribute widely:

"Green Design and Historic Preservation: Exploring the Historic Building
Envelope"

Sponsored by;

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Department of Architecture + Design

Department of Environmental Conservation, Building Construction, & Technology

The UMASS/Hancock Shaker Village Historic Preservation Program

When: Friday, October 19, 2012; 1:00 to 5:30 PM
Where: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Lincoln Campus Center, Room
165-169
Admission: Free and open to the public

This workshop examines the tension between historical integrity and the
quest for greater energy efficiency from the building envelope.

Topics include:

 Positioning Preservation in the Center of Green Building

 Classical and Traditional Details of the Envelope

 Merits of Original Windows

 Improving Performance of Historic Building Thermal Envelopes

 Case Study: UMASS Holdsworth Hall

Speakers:

Jack Alvarez, AIA, Principal, Landmark Consulting LLC

Matthew Bronski, P.E., Senior Project Manager, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Inc. (SGH), Boston

Carl Fiocchi, M.Arch., Teaches Green Design and Historic Preservation in
the Historic Preservation Program and Energy Modeling and Building Physics
in the Architecture and Building Construction Technology Programs
UMASS-Amherst

Thomas RC Hartman, AIA, Principal, Coldham & Hartman Architects, Amherst MA

Lisa Kersavage, MFA, Project Manager, Lower Mississippi River Delta Design
Initiative, NYC, NY

Max Page, Ph.D., Professor of Architecture and History and Director
Historic Preservation Program, UMASS/Amherst

Ludmilla Pavlova, AIA, Senior Facilities Planner in Campus Planning at
UMass/Amherst

Ben Weil, Ph.D., Teaches courses in energy efficient buildings
UMASS/Amherst

Directions & Parking:

For directions and maps:
http://www.umass.edu/visitorsctr/Directions_to_Campus/

Parking: parking is available at the Campus Center garage (for a fee).

Learning Units:

For all architects, learning units can be earned by attending this or any
of the WMAIA monthly programs. For more information regarding learning
units contact Lorin Starr at director at wmaia.org

For more information on speakers and topics:

http://preservationinaction.blogspot.com/2012/09/save-date-green-design-and-historic.html

For more information of the M.Sc. in Historic Preservation at
UMass-Amherst and the Hancock Shaker Village:

http://umasshsv.wordpress.com/