Sustainable Housing Development

New Hampshire HousingStrong Homes, Resilient Communities

Michael Bruss, LEED AP

Sustainable Development

• Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Our Common Future (The Brundtland Report), 1987

• But what does it mean for us?

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The Triple Bottom Line

People Planet

Profit

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The Needs of Future Generations

• How can we know what their needs will be?– We can’t actually know – but we do know that

lasting quality sells, and over time represents an efficient use of resources

– Current trends are for • smaller homes,• more compact (“urban”) development, • less emphasis on ownership; shorter tenure & rentals

• But we’re still building a lot of sprawling residential development that sells

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What Are the Desired Outcomes?

• Connectivity / walkability• Mix of uses, mix of housing – tenure and cost• Proximity of work and home• Denser development – patterns from a time

when people walked more• Support for local food production• Protection of natural and cultural resources• Re-use of existing structures

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CASE STUDIES

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West Granite Redevelopment InitiativeManchester, NH

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Context Plan

Union Crossing – Lawrence, MA

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Site Plan 13

Rendering - Pedestrian Bridge from Island Street 14

Mural 15

Interiors 16

Co-Housing

Nubanusit Farm – Peterborough, NH 17

Nubanusit Farm – Peterborough, NH18

Nubanusit Farm – Peterborough, NH19

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Passive House (Passiv Haus)

www.passivehouse.usG·O Logic Homes, Belfast, Maine

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Questions?

Michael BrussMichael@brusscon.com

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