Ithaca’s Example

The HOLT Architects office is a recent gut-rehab, designed as a zero energy building, in the City of Ithaca. It features air source heat pumps and a rooftop photovoltaic system. Imagine an energy code that measurably reduces energy use and carbon emissions in new buildings, without increasing construction cost. Imagine an energy code with a simple point system: six points and you pass. Imagine an energy code that does not require energy modeling. Imagine an energy code that broadly follows the goals of Architecture 2030, taking us to zero carbon buildings that are free of fossil fuels by 2030.