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Single Unit High Performance Retrofit in a Historic Building 

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Watch as Jane Sanders discusses the design challenges and plans for a single unit retrofit in New York City.

In one six-story 83-unit co-op in New York City, Jane Sanders and Mario Bissessar are taking small steps to make a big impact over time by performing a high-performance retrofit of a single unit. Jane Sanders will present the design challenges and plans for this single unit retrofit at the Global Passive House Happy Hour on June 16. Currently, Jane serves as a senior associate and director of sustainability at Henson Architecture. As a dedicated Passive House designer, Jane’s work focuses on sustainability with sensitivity to historic details and restoration.

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