Intent: Prepared the “Sustainability Guide for Existing and Historic Properties” for the DC Department of Energy and Environment intended to promote and facilitate green retrofits of existing older buildings in a manner that will improve their performance and energy-efficiency while also being respectful of their historic character and features. Specifically, the Guide covers various topics… Read more »
Projects
Green Infrastructure DC Water
Pennsylvania Disaster Planning For Historic Properties
Intent: In the wake of several major disaster events in recent years, including flooding from both Tropical Storm Lee in 2011 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, Traceries, working with Vision Planning and Consulting, conducted a Phase II Study, Disaster Planning for Historic Properties Initiative for four counties across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Study focused… Read more »
DC Fish Market – Lunch Room & Oyster Shucking Shed Historic Preservation Plan and Floodproofing
Intent: The Fish Market Lunch Room Building and the Oyster Shucking Shed are the only extant buildings directly associated with the 1916-1918 Municipal Fish Wharf and Market on Maine Avenue in Southwest, Washington. The modest buildings, designed by Municipal Architect Snowden Ashford, were listed in the DC Inventory of Historic Sites in November 2015, recognizing… Read more »
Capital Solar Challenge
Intent: The Capital Solar Challenge was initiated by the White House in April 2014 with the aim of identifying opportunities to generate and utilize solar energy at federal and military buildings in the national capital region. The initiative identified eighteen federal buildings in Washington, D.C. as candidates for the installation of rooftop photovoltaic panel arrays… Read more »