Green Giant Awards
Green Giants – 2015 Green Building Local Hero Awards Program Here’s a little history The Green Giants Award Program was created in 2013 as a biennial awards program by our chapter to[...]
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Savoy House Featured in NAPHN Publication
Our Savoy house has been featured in a new eBook, Net Zero Energy Buildings: Passive House + Renewables, published by the NAPHN, see pages 42-43. Read the article here.
NESEA Building Energy 16: Building Energy Conference and Trade Show in Boston, March 8-10, 2016
Kent will be a speaker at the NESEA Conference this year with Jesse Selman and Chris Briley. Their workshop is titled “When You Come To A Fork, Take It. Residential Choices and[...]
Adaptive Use of Old Buildings
Our circa 1850’s office building in West Chesterfield was originally a grist mill and later a saw handle factory. We are in the midst of a Deep Energy Retrofit, expanding our workspace[...]
DER on Our Office Here in West Chesterfield
We’re starting our next phase “deep energy retrofit” on our old mill building here on the Westfield River in West Chesterfield. For the first phase, it was clear as we started demolition[...]
Life Cycle Assessment of Materials and Products
We along with others involved in green building have recognized that the materials and products used in buildings make significant environmental impacts long before they are installed. The impacts include the amount[...]
Retrofits Versus Take Downs and New Builds
When we evaluate structures to either tear down and re-build or save and retrofit, our first instinct is always to save and re-use what’s existing. This is primarily due to a large[...]
Savoy Net Zero House
The master bedroom with custom made book shelves and bedside reading lights.
Some Exterior Finish Photos
Compare the before photo taken in the Spring and the photo of the sunburst taken in between.
Deep Energy Retrofit Interview Video
What is it like to live in your home (and with us, no less!) while undergoing a deep energy retrofit? Eamon Wick, the son of our client Missy Wick, just finished editing[...]
Progress Shots – the Sunburst in the West Gable
I just went in on Monday and Tuesday, and it’s more stunning then I had imagined it might be! The sunburst was conceived and carved by the homeowner, an artist, and furniture[...]
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The entire process impressed me….from the team itself, to knowledge of their field, from integrity of design; to excellence in craftsmanship and careful control of costs…and more. The process itself has left me very appreciative of East Branch Studio and their team.
~ J. Bronson, new East Branch Home
~ Jennifer Rosner and Bill Corwin, RenovationKent Hicks brings great talent, integrity, and intelligence to the building process. He is innovative, perfectionistic, respectful, easy to talk to – we would never work with anyone else!
Our house is not only efficient, but beautiful, thanks to Kent’s aesthetic sense, design collaboration, and high standards. We love our new house!”
~ Kathryn Jensen & Bill Latimer, New House