1. Learn from the Past to Build for the Future

2. Sussex County, Delaware
1760: Double-Cell & Double-Pile
1800: Added Two-Story, Single-Pile Addition
1850: One-Story Rear Service Ell, Added Service Wing in Back
The Hunter Farm House

3. Houses of Levittown

4. Canadian Study

5. Rationale for SAGE House
Rising Cost of Construction
Income Suppression
Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels
Rising Global Temperature

6. Components of Affordability
Transportation
Maintainability
House Size
Utility Costs
Taxes, Insurance
Components of Affordability

7. Changes to City Zoning Codes
Smaller Lot Size
Size of Home: minimum of 1,400 sq.ft. to 900 sq.ft.
Roof Pitch

8. Focus Group 24 Door County Residents Cross-Generational
Selection Process
Focus Group
24 Door County Residents
Cross-Generational
All Income Brackets
Multiple Household Types

9. Focus Group Overall Preference: very clean, streamlined modern look
Outcome
Focus Group
Overall Preference: very clean, streamlined modern look
Developed: open concept 2BD 2BA home
Design Challenge: accommodating “stuff”

10. Cross Sections
Preliminary Studies

11. Taxes
Maintainability
Utilities
Bank involvement
Lifecycle Costs

12. SAGE Model A

13. SAGE Deconstructed All Electric WUFI-Passive Modeling R-34+ walls
R-20-R30: Under and Around Perimeter of Slab
R-68: Roof/Interior Volume
Multiple rebids

14. 2015…2018 Rising construction costs Tariffs & trade wars
Loss of trained workforce
Low interest rated
Global Warming
2015…2018

15. Economic Impact of Materials
High gwp materials
Increased global temps
Droughts, floods, storms
Loss of buildings& resources
Massive rebuilding
High demand of materials & labor
Increased buildlng costs
Bottom line strategy
Economic Impact of Materials
High gwp materials & waste = global warming = increased storms/drought/fires/win ds = loss of housing & loss of materials = higher costs

16. The Impact of Buildings
Environment : 40%
Sense of Community
Insurance Industry & Taxes
Fire & Wind Damage Replacement Cost = loss of resources
The Impact of Buildings

17. Future of SAGE Develop additional single family and multi-family plans
Net-Zero-Ready
No Fossil Fuels!!!
Universal design: modular? Manufactured? 3D printed?
Future of SAGE

18. Financial Solutions Life-Cycle Assessment vs. Bottom Line
Green Mortgage*
Subsidize Energy Efficiency
Price Controls?
World Green Building Council
Financial Solutions

19. Local Governments Change Zoning Codes Mandate Stricter Energy Codes
Incentivize Sustainable Design and Planning
Encourage and Subsidize Infill
Local Governments

20. The Future Starts…Now Carbon Neutral Re-train builders & designers
Promote “less is more”
Change zoning codes
Change energy codes
The Future Starts…Now