South: Treehouse Case Study: Designing Large Retail for Netzero Energy Performance

LUNCHEON: TREEHOUSE CASE STUDY:
Designing Large Retail Environments for Net Zero Energy Performance
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2018

Paesanos Lincoln Heights
555 E. Basse Road, San Antonio 78209

About this Event

Net-zero energy building performance in new construction is an attainable, realistic goal today for a broad spectrum of building types. The recently completed TreeHouse flagship store in Dallas will serve as a design case study illustrating the effectiveness of a rational, measurable design process to achieve net-zero energy performance

Speaker, Lewis McNeel:

Lewis McNeel, AIA is an associate at Lake|Flato Architects in San Antonio where he leads the design of high-performing buildings and master plans. Lewis grew up awestruck by the limestone cliffs and artesian swimming holes of his native Texas Hill Country. Accordingly, the artful stewardship of resources and the flourishing of communities in harmony with their surrounding environments are primary objectives in his design work. After earning degrees from the University of Virginia, he worked for a year in East Africa designing climate-responsive schools and community centers on remote sites. His current and recent architectural work includes the design of a studio art building for Knox College in central Illinois, the Hardberger Park Urban Ecology Center in San Antonio, an arts district master plan for Park City, Utah, an eco-lodge on California's central coast, and the Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas in Austin. Lewis also leads Lake|Flato’s pro bono studio serving regional nonprofit clients in need of sustainable design services.