Urban Oasis 2020
- HGTV Urban Oasis 2020
- Deep Energy Retrofit
- Addition and Renovation
A deep energy retrofit of a 1900’s home in a Portland suburb, designed for modern day urban living, and featured on HG TV.
A 1900’s home re-imagined for modern day urban living. This unique project was designed for HG TV, to be featured on the television show “Urban Oasis 2020″, and raffled off in a sweepstakes to one lucky family. The project consisted of a gut renovation to the existing building, and two new additions – A new building entry, mudroom and powder room, and a new master bedroom suite.
The original home was constructed using split face concrete block, a rare building material for this location. The uninsulated block walls were cold and drafty, requiring significant renovations to remedy. A new wall system was overlaid on the existing block wall consisting of 3” rigid insulation, weather barrier, strapping and siding; combined with new triple-glazed windows and doors, and new heating an cooling systems, the renovated home is 6X more energy efficient.
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Project Type
Residential
Project Location
Portland, Maine
Project Year
2020
Project Size
1,877 sq. ft.
Design Team
Harry Hepburn, Christopher Briley, Hans Breaux (Alumnus)
Contractor
Big Country Built
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Energy Use Intensity
12.41 What is EUI?
Energy use intensity (EUI) is an indicator of the energy efficiency of a building's design and/or operations. EUI can be thought of as the miles per gallon rating of the building industry.
It's calculated by dividing the total energy consumed by the building in one year (measured in kBtu or GJ) by the total gross floor area of the building (measured in square feet or square meters).
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