{"id":537352,"date":"2024-10-24T09:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=537352"},"modified":"2024-10-24T10:28:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T14:28:04","slug":"boerum-hill-townhouse-co-adaptive-energy-efficient-historic-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/interiors-renovation\/boerum-hill-townhouse-co-adaptive-energy-efficient-historic-renovation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Insider: Boerum Hill Townhouse Reno Beefs Up Energy Efficiency, Saves Detail"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the outside, it looks like an immaculately restored brick period townhouse, which it is. Its ironwork, windows, and entry doors appear almost exactly as they did in the mid-19th century. Inside, too, the vestibule’s etched glass doors and the parlor floor’s decorative plasterwork would be the envy of any historic preservationist.<\/p>\n

All that vintage detail is indeed original and recently spiffed up. What’s unique about this Boerum Hill townhouse, a project of CO Adaptive<\/a>, an architecture studio based in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and known for retrofitting old buildings to make them energy efficient, is what’s unseen. “We did our best to make sure all the mechanical systems were hidden, and we were really subtle about how we ran them so we didn\u2019t affect the beauty of the house,” said architect Ruth Mandl, co-principal of the firm along with her husband, architect Bobby Johnston.<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> Single Page<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Architect CO Adaptive multiplied the energy efficiency of a landmarked 19th century townhouse while preserving exquisite plasterwork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23433,"featured_media":537358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7644,7664],"tags":[31523,1270,1378],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-537352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interiors-renovation","category-boerum-hill","tag-co-adaptive","tag-passive-house","tag-the-insider"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"The Insider: Boerum Hill Townhouse Reno Beefs Up Energy Efficiency, Saves Detail","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/interiors-renovation\/boerum-hill-townhouse-co-adaptive-energy-efficient-historic-renovation\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/interiors-renovation\/boerum-hill-townhouse-co-adaptive-energy-efficient-historic-renovation\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/interior-design-ideas-brooklyn-co-adaptive-boerum-hill-01-scaled.jpeg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/interior-design-ideas-brooklyn-co-adaptive-boerum-hill-01-scaled.jpeg"},"articleSection":"Interiors & Renovation","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cara Greenberg"}],"creator":["Cara Greenberg"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Brownstoner","logo":""},"keywords":["co adaptive","passive house","the insider"],"dateCreated":"2024-10-24T13:47:02Z","datePublished":"2024-10-24T13:47:02Z","dateModified":"2024-10-24T14:28:04Z"},"rendered":"