As cities look to fill their affordable housing gaps, 'Missing Teeth' or 'Infill' housing is gathering a lot of attention. Communities look for solutions that can be replicated over scattered sites in the neighborhood. The requirements not only include fitting the fabric of the neighborhood but also be a safe and healthy environment for its occupants. This session is focused on challenges of design and building urban infill housing using modular construction methods. Insights will also be drawn from experience building single family, energy efficient, modular housing in rust belt cities like Pittsburgh.
Learning Objectives
- Understand current housing needs of rustbelt cities such as Pittsburgh as they see a new influx of technology jobs.
- Discuss what affordable housing means and looks like for such communities. What are current challenges in providing good quality affordable housing?
- Look into design insights that help deliver Zero Energy Ready housing to the affordable housing market. How do these compare to current energy code requirements?
- Discuss modular specific challenges for the urban environment. How to ensure safety and the least amount of hindrance for the neighboring occupants as these modular homes are built, set, and completed.
Cost
Free to attend; $20 for continuing education credit in live webinar
Credit Hours
Live Webinar: 1.0 PA L&I Contact Hour, 1.0 PA PDH for engineers, 1.0 AIA LU|HSW, 1.0 ICC Contact Hour (0.1 CEU), 1.0 NARI hour/CEU