Project Summary As a model for green building Alfandre Architecture designed this state-of-the-art, ultra-energy-efficient 16,000 SF Fire Station in New Paltz, NY, which will use substantially less energy than comparable buildings. The building is resilient and will accommodate all of the needs of the fire department for generations to come. The New Paltz Fire Station […]
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Net Zero Energy Office Building, New Paltz, NY – Case Study
Click Button to Play Video About the project… “We designed and built our office building located on Main Street in New Paltz, New York. The building received LEED Platinum certification in 2015 and again in 2019 and is Net Zero Energy verified. We have been certified LEED Zero Energy and LEED Zero Water. Meanwhile, the […]
New Residence, Gardiner, NY – Project Summary
Project Summary We designed a stunning, three-story house which included highly insulated walls and a geothermal system controlled online. The house was a passive solar design where the windows, walls and floors were designed to collect, store, reflect and distribute solar energy in the form of heat in the winter and reject the solar heat […]
Residence, Ulster County, NY – Project Summary
Project Summary We helped design this high-performance house nestled into its surrounding landscape. At 5700 SF, the house was built with insulated concrete forms to increase the building envelope and improve the structure. The aesthetics of the design wanted to be reflective of the architecture that is in Kingston’s Rondout Historic District. The final design […]
Saint James United Methodist Church, Kingston, NY – Case Study
About the project… In the interest in replacing their original, inaccessible ramp, we designed a new ramp and stair for the St. James United Methodist Church. The original stair and ramp for the church. In order to add a new ramp and stair, we had to study the existing area and church in order to […]
Hampton Inn Visual Impact Study, New Paltz, NY – Case Study
About the project… We worked with the owners and designers of the Hampton Inn and created a Visual Impact Study to show how the new hotel would effect its surrounding area and buildings using both computer studies and physical studies. The finished Hampton Inn, now a successful hotel with many sold out weekends in the […]