Paper
Authors: M. Naomi Darling (Mount Holyoke College and University of Massachusetts Amherst) , Garth Schwellenbach (C&H Architects) , Mitsuki Ito (Mount Holyoke College) , Xinyi Qi (Mount Holyoke College) , Lauren Madsen (Mount Holyoke College)
This paper presents a case study of a small campus building adaptive reuse and preservation project. Embodied Carbon visualizations were used as part of a holistic design process involving undergraduate students and used in conjunction with renderings and pricing to help a college facilities department make decisions about the best pathway forward in the adaptive reuse of the building. This is a replicable process to effectively communicate embodied carbon data alongside more longstanding drawings and renderings to aid design teams and owners to make decisions that consider aesthetics and embodied carbon for a low carbon building future.
Keywords: embodied carbon, adaptive reuse, building preservation
How to Cite: Darling, M. N. , Schwellenbach, G. , Ito, M. , Qi, X. & Madsen, L. (2025) “Case Study of an Adaptive Reuse Project using Embodied Carbon Visualizations as part of a Holistic Design Process ”, Building Technology Educators’ Society. 2025(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/btes.3506