Minnesota Green Affordable Housing Guide
The Guide is a web-based resource to assist designers, contractors, and housing agencies integrate affordability and sustainability for cold climate housing. The design tool is intended for new affordable housing construction; however, it is also a valuable resource for integrating cost effective sustainable design strategies in all new residential construction. It includes comparative analyses of house size and configuration to evaluate the costs, environmental impacts, and energy performance of construction components, assemblies, and systems.
(www.greenhousing.umn.edu)
| Project: | Minnesota Green Affordable Housing Guide |
| Principal Investigators: | John Carmody, Director, CSBR Mary Guzowski, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture |
| Project Manager: | William Weber, Research Fellow, CSBR |
| Project Team: | Rebecca Foss, Research Fellow, CSBR Kerry Haglund, Information Technology Specialist, CSBR Mindy Michael, Research Assistant |
| Advisors: | Erin Barnes-Driscoll, Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance Rosemary Dolata, LHB Pat Huelman, Director, Cold Climate Housing Program, University of Minnesota John Klockmann, Chair, Affordable Housing Task Force, American Institute of Architects National Committee Tom Schirber, Community Housing Liason Jim Solem, Senior Researcher, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota |
| Sponsors: | Amherst H. Wilder Foundation Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance Greater Minnesota Housing Fund Department of Architecture, University of Minnesota |
| Status: | Ongoing |
| Web site: | www.greenhousing.umn.edu |
