Adaptive Reuse of the Seaholm Power Plant: Uniting Historic Preservation and Sustainable Practices

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dc.contributor.advisorRockcastle, Garthen_US
dc.contributor.authorMeltzer, Emily Danaen_US
dc.contributor.departmentArchitectureen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-16T05:30:07Z
dc.date.available2012-03-16T05:30:07Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractCurrent historic preservation regulations and sustainability systems rarely overlap for a common goal. Historic properties have many inherently sustainable qualities, none of which are capitalized upon by either regulatory body. As sustainability becomes more essential in our modern world, these two industries must come together. This thesis will study how these two may unite to utilize best practices in reusing historic structures. After studying current sustainability and historic preservation frameworks, a set of values that, when present, formulate holistic sustainability, were created. These values, broken in to economic, environmental and cultural benefits come together for an innovative and education design. Based on these values, a new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard for Historic Properties was created, including a new Social Justice category. These theories were then tested in an adaptive reuse design project for the historic Seaholm Power Plant in Austin, TX.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12444
dc.subject.pqcontrolledArchitectureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledIndustrialen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPower planten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPreservationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledReuseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSustainableen_US
dc.titleAdaptive Reuse of the Seaholm Power Plant: Uniting Historic Preservation and Sustainable Practicesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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