AWARDS
- Recipient of MAYOR DALEY'S 2006
GREENWORKS AWARD
for Market Transformation for our 2020
Green Dream project!
- Recipient of MAYOR DALEY'S HISTORIC PRESERVATION
AWARD - The award was given for new construction within the Historic
District on S. Giles Avenue in Chicago.
FUTURE DESIGN BUILD
- 2012 Green Dream PHASE II
- The current houses located at 2012-14 W.
Rice Street will be torn down and the salvageable materials recycled into
our new building.
- Being part of the LEED® for HOMES Pilot Program
will allow us to validate it's energy efficiency and sustainable attributes.
- Construction to begin April 2009 - 5 condo units
of diverse sizes are planned for an early Spring 2010 completion.
- Please call us at 773.276.7026 or email
us@WolbrinkArchitects.com to discuss presale options.
FEATURED ARTICLES
- The Green House
was a WGN TV cover story
on News at Nine, Monday, February 6, 2006.
Jackie Bange interviewed developer Jill Russell of 2020 Dream Development while
touring the 2020 W. Rice
Street building. For a copy of the story please click the following link
http://wgntv.trb.com/wgntv-news-020606greenhouse,0,2571945.story
.
- The building and architect, Victor Wolbrink, are also
featured in a Chicagoland Avenues Magazine article called BEHIND THE SCENES THE PLAN AND DESIGN OF A GREEN HOME.
-
2020 W. Rice Street Green Condos are Energy Star rated.
Details on what an Energy Star rating means can
be found at html format:
Follow That Draft 2.3.06 Chicago Reader Cover Story files
- or pdf format:
resumes\VW Reader 2.3.06 Draft Article.pdf
The article states "anyone interested in an allegedly green home
that doesn't have an Energy Star or LEED certificate had better
ask the seller a lot of questions."
In addition to his GREEN accolades, Victor brings his
"GREEN" design commitment to Milwaukee's Brewer's Hill
Historic District. His design is being built according to Wisconsin's
Environmental Initiative -
www.greenbuilthome.org. His brother, Mark
Wolbrink, of Wolbrink Two Brothers Ecobuild, will be wrapping up PHASE I of the
GREEN Build Historic Preservation project
www.1934SecondStreet.com this year.
performance guidelines
www.EnergyStar.gov
and has been
independently rated
and certified by ENERGY STAR to validate the energy efficiency of each unit. The
units are between 46.5% - 57.5% more efficient than ENERGY STAR's baseline home.