Hello everyone! Hubbell and Hubbell Architects, Inc. is proud to announce that two of our projects are being featured in a new book, LEEDing the Way.

The Farrar Green Home is one:

Our clients–Rhonda, a former analytical chemist, now an investment advisor and entrepreneur, and Nigel, a physicist and executive at a local company–both share a love for the environment and a passion for agriculture. In March 2008, they decided to build a new home with the goal of a net-zero-energy design, surrounded by a sustainable farm to provide a carbon-neutral footprint. The Farrars hope their home will be a model for green design and building, and that their farm plans will be a model for local sustainable family farming. They share the process and experience on their website, www.farrargreenhome.org.

And, the Dunham Kidwell Residence is the other:

Stylistically akin to California’s historic missions, the Dunham Kidwell straw-bale residence is built around a large boulder. The boulder’s thermal mass and its surrounding moat in the home’s great room cool and humidify the air in summer and passively heat it in winter. Above the boulder is a central tower with an oversized fan that draws air up and out in summer and re-circulates warm air in the winter months.

I just received my author’s copy of LEEDing the Way. That means it should be out in six weeks.

– E. Ashley Rooney

In his testimonial, my former employer, Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA, says “LEEDing the Way integrates the captivating romance of design with the integrated process of technologies, innovative systems, and performance criteria to promote the highest levels of sustainable building. ”

– Drew Hubbell