Sustainable Design LLC

BUSINESS DESCRIPTION: Sustainable Design LLC
“Affordable, Efficient, Sustainable Architecture.”
We are a small architecture firm focused on affordable, energy efficient and environmentally conscious design. We advise, design, and manage projects from small kitchen renovations to all new construction. As a small and intimate office we are well equipped to produce designs that listen to, understand, and incorporate your desires and needs while elevating your understanding of how building sustainably makes a better world for all.

Typical Work Area

• – Based in Manchester VT
• – Most projects are concentrated in Southern Vermont
• – We also have projects all over Vermont, as well as others in Massachusetts and New York.

Would you travel further?
We are willing to consult on projects anywhere in New England

Services

• Architecture, design and consulting
• Energy Efficiency consultation
•  Real estate consultation

Typical Project Size

• Small home renovations, additions and entire home design

Business Description

 — Affordable, Efficient, Sustainable Architecture.

We are a small architecture firm focused on affordable, energy efficient, and environmentally conscious design. We advise, design, and manage projects from small kitchen renovations to all new construction. As a small and intimate office we are well equipped to produce designs that listen to, understand, and incorporate your desires and needs while elevating your understanding of how building sustainably makes a better world for all.

High Performance/Building Science Milestones

• All of our new construction projects are energy use net zero or net zero ready.
• We have performed several deep energy retrofits. One has achieved an 82% decrease in energy use!                               

Certifications

• 2011 Certified Passive House Consultant
• 2009 Licensed member of AIA

Awards

• 2020  Voted Best of HOUZZ for service
• 2019  Farmhouse Renovation highlighted in Fine Homebuilding magazine
• 2019  Voted Best of HOUZZ for service
• 2018  Efficiency Vermont’s “Best of the Best” for new Residential New Construction
• 2017  Home, studio and outbuildings featured in Vermont Magazine
• 2017  Voted Best of HOUZZ for service
• 2017  Home & landscape featured in Country Gardens magazine’s spring issue
• 2013  Home & gardens featured in Organic Gardening magazine’s April/May issue
• 2012  Presented with the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence
• 2010  Deep Energy Retrofit reduced energy use by 82%. Awarded a 5+ star rating
• 2009  Passive-solar timber-frame home. Awarded Efficiency Vermont’s 5+ star rating

Attends Building Science Guild (BSG) Meetings
Member of EEN, Efficiency Excellence Network
Key building standards: Passive House Consultant