High Performance

West Cummington Church

Kent Hicks Construction Co Inc - passive house, reduce energy consumption, deep energy retrofits, net zero, prefabricated homes, prefab homes, net zero ready, healthy homes, net zero homes, green building, affordable green prefab homes, passive house builders, energy efficient homes, building a new homeErected in 1839, the West Cummington Church tragically burned on a frigid evening in January of 2010.  Determined to rebuild, the congregation hired Kent as general contractor to collaborate with Architect Bruce Wood.  Together they built a new place for worship, one to last for centuries.  Building from the ground up with improved insulation and air-tight construction, the new church is higher performing while  honoring the original structure. On December 2, 2012, the bell rang to call the congregants of the West Cummington Congregational Church (WCCC) up the hill to a new spiritual home.

 

 

Kent Hicks Construction Co Inc - passive house, reduce energy consumption, deep energy retrofits, net zero, prefabricated homes, prefab homes, net zero ready, healthy homes, net zero homes, green building, affordable green prefab homes, passive house builders, energy efficient homes, building a new home

Kent Hicks Construction Co Inc - passive house, reduce energy consumption, deep energy retrofits, net zero, prefabricated homes, prefab homes, net zero ready, healthy homes, net zero homes, green building, affordable green prefab homes, passive house builders, energy efficient homes, building a new homeKent Hicks Construction Co Inc - passive house, reduce energy consumption, deep energy retrofits, net zero, prefabricated homes, prefab homes, net zero ready, healthy homes, net zero homes, green building, affordable green prefab homes, passive house builders, energy efficient homes, building a new home

 

 

 

Kent Hicks Construction Co Inc - passive house, reduce energy consumption, deep energy retrofits, net zero, prefabricated homes, prefab homes, net zero ready, healthy homes, net zero homes, green building, affordable green prefab homes, passive house builders, energy efficient homes, building a new home

 

Rebuild Process

TEAM

General Contractor: East Branch Studio 
Clerk of the Works: Conrad Liebenow
Architect: Bruce Wood
Structural Engineer: Brian Eaton
Photography, Finish photos: Lynne Graves