The Meyer Company of St. Louis, Missouri, is quietly undertaking a green building experiment called Patrician Place, the results of which could have far reaching implications in the field of green building. In partnership with the St. Louis County Office of Community Development and Architect; Garen Miller, Inc., The Meyer Company is building ten homes under three different green building programs, gauging the energy efficiency of each. After a year of testing the energy efficiency of the homes of Patrician Place, an affordable housing development for lower income families, St. Louis County will have a benchmark for future housing projects.
Of the ten homes in Patrician Place, one will be certified LEED-H platinum, one will be certified gold in the NAHB’s Model Green Building Guidelines, and seven will be ENERGY STAR rated homes with slight variations, such as with or without SIPs, or foam insulation as opposed to spray fiberglass, to name a couple. The tenth will be the control house, built to standard, non-green building practices. The layouts of the homes will be identical. Click here for the spreadsheet of materials used in the different houses.
In addition to testing energy used with the help of local utilities companies, project coordinators will survey home owners to factor in their family size and energy practices. I will update here if and when the results of the Patrician Place study are made public.
Photo: Nick Jackson
kudos to Weber Thompson in Seattle.
kudos to Weber Thompson in Seattle.
This sounds like a great experiment; how, and when do you think the results will be avialable?
This sounds like a great experiment; how, and when do you think the results will be avialable?
Project should be complete by the end of 2008. We are getting ready to start the last few buildings.
One item that is missing from the report is that these are affordable homes for lower income families. Think of this way, how low can you go and still be green?
Garen
Project should be complete by the end of 2008. We are getting ready to start the last few buildings.
One item that is missing from the report is that these are affordable homes for lower income families. Think of this way, how low can you go and still be green?
Garen
Joe, can I get you to make some corrections please. Firm name is Architect; Garen Miller, Inc.
Thanks so much!!
Joe, can I get you to make some corrections please. Firm name is Architect; Garen Miller, Inc.
Thanks so much!!
Fixed.
Thanks for your comments, Garen. We look forward to hearing about the results.
Fixed.
Thanks for your comments, Garen. We look forward to hearing about the results.
I’m actually one of the tenants of Patrician Place. My house was the 1st one to go up although I wasn’t the first one to move in.
It was a God sent and this is a project that I would encourage other municipalities to join in on.
Not only have I seen a signifacant reduction in my utility bills, the home is absolutely gorgeous. For the month of July with my central air running constantly my bill never pasted $77.00!!!
The drawings on the website doesn’t do this place justice.
I have had a wonderful experience with EVERYONE that I came in contact with that was involved in the whole process of me purchasing this home.
God bless!
I’m actually one of the tenants of Patrician Place. My house was the 1st one to go up although I wasn’t the first one to move in.
It was a God sent and this is a project that I would encourage other municipalities to join in on.
Not only have I seen a signifacant reduction in my utility bills, the home is absolutely gorgeous. For the month of July with my central air running constantly my bill never pasted $77.00!!!
The drawings on the website doesn’t do this place justice.
I have had a wonderful experience with EVERYONE that I came in contact with that was involved in the whole process of me purchasing this home.
God bless!
Thank you for your comment, Gale. That’s wonderful news. Patrician Place looks like the beginning of a wave of some very efficient homes in St. Louis.
Thank you for your comment, Gale. That’s wonderful news. Patrician Place looks like the beginning of a wave of some very efficient homes in St. Louis.
Not only have I seen a signifacant reduction in my utility bills, the home is absolutely gorgeous. For the month of July with my central air running constantly my bill never pasted $77.00!!!
The drawings on the website doesn’t do this place justice.
Not only have I seen a signifacant reduction in my utility bills, the home is absolutely gorgeous. For the month of July with my central air running constantly my bill never pasted $77.00!!!
The drawings on the website doesn’t do this place justice.