ChoShields Studio and Passive House For Everyone will be collaborating with the Boys and Girls High School (BGHS) in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn to teach a Summer Workshop on Passive House Construction in July 2022.
Thank you to the dedicated faculty at BGHS and all our sponsors for the hard work and support!
ChoShield's non-profit organization, Passive House for Everyone featured at this year's Passive House Network Conference for the third year in a row!
The presentation includes student works from PHFE Spring 2022 workshop collaborations with Jackson Street Elementary in Northampton, MA, Boys & Girls High School in Brooklyn, and Pratt Institute School of Architecture in NYC, as well as a few words from Gillian Beckford of the Boys & Girls High School and ChoShield's Partner (and PHFE Founder) In Cho.
Check out all the amazing student explorations at the Passive House For Everyone Website!
ChoShields engages local NYC public students during the pandemic
ChoShields engaged local NYC public elementary and high school students during the pandemic through remote learning to help foster greater universal environmental literacy while having creative fun. Through the resiliency of the teachers, students, parents with the support of the North American Passive House Network community, the student’s creative explorations videos were shown at the 2020 NAPHN Conference.
View “Stuyvesant Students + ChoShields = Passive House Dance” Video
View “PS10 Students + ChoShields = Passive House Explorations” Video
View “PS10 Students + ChoShields = Passive House Song” Video
View our other education arts projects.
ChoShields Excellence Through Experience and Exploration
AIA (American Institute of Architects) Brooklyn featured ChoShields Studio in their PYLON: MAY/JUNE 2020 magazine.
NYC Buildings - 2020 Energy Conservation Code
In Cho had the honor to be selected and serve as fellow industry expert advisor for the New York City Energy Conservation Code Advisory Committee in the revision of the 2020 NYC Energy Conservation Code, which aims to support policies addressing climate change through the improvement of the built environment with energy efficiency.
Inside New York City’s new ‘blueprint for sustainable development’: Changes to NYC’s energy code aim to make development greener in the five boroughs
In 2019, New York City gave itself an arduous task: realizing some of the nation’s most aggressive legislation aimed at fighting climate change.
The Climate Mobilization Act, which passed last spring, makes sustainability a major priority for New York’s built environment, targeting buildings that are among the biggest contributors to the city’s carbon emissions. One component of that legislation, Local Law 97, requires owners of the city’s largest buildings to meet new emission standards beginning in 2024. But the first major milestone won’t arrive for another decade: By 2030, emissions from large buildings must be slashed by 40 percent from 2005 levels; by 2050, that number must be 80 percent. If owners don’t comply they’ll face substantial fines of as much as $1 million (or more) per year for the largest buildings…read more
ChoShields Studio, members of New York Passive House testifies for the inclusion of Section R408 Passive House
The proposed bill Introduction No. 1816 of 2019 incorporates the latest version of the New York Stretch Energy Code (NYStretch) as required by Local Law 32 for the year 2018. Local Law 32 mandates that the City amend the NYCECC to align it with the latest version of the NYStretch Energy Code-2020 developed by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)…read more
WEBINAR – NYC’s New Energy Code: Major Changes and Developments
Webinar in April 2020 organized by AIANY Committee on the Environment and AIANY Building Codes Committee, In Cho joins as an industry expert panelist along with the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) representatives for an overview of additions and changes to the city’s 2020 NYC energy code and discuss the critical developments that architects, engineers, builders, and building owners need to be aware of.
Full Panelists:
Gina Bocra, Chief Sustainability Officer, NYC Department of Buildings
Emily Hoffman, Director of Energy Code Compliance, NYC Department of Buildings
Cheryl Saldanha, PE, CPHD, Sr. Consulting Engineer, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
In Cho, RA, CPHD, Founding Principal, ChoShields Studio
Episode 5: Passive Houses with Architects In Cho and Michael Ingui
In May 2020, In Cho was invited to join Michael Ingui and Frank Yetsuh for a live Radio-Be-Ex podcast discussing Passive House for smaller residential projects.
“Although Passive House has been successfully applied to a huge variety of building types, it all started with small residential projects looking to push the envelope on interior comfort and energy efficiency. What is it that makes Passive House such an ideal lens for small residential projects? And how is this appeal different for architects, owners, and other stakeholders?”
From Small to Extra large: Passive House Rising to New Heights 2018
Mayor Bill de Blasio has called climate change “the challenge of our generation,” and New York City has responded to this challenge by committing to achieving greenhouse gas reductions of 80% by 2050. “The leadership shown by Governor Cuomo and New York State to make bold emissions reductions commitments is vital to solving the climate crisis,” says former Vice President Al Gore…read more
Be-Ex Celebrate NYC: EnerPHit Showcase
ChoShields Studio engaged in panel discussion to bring greater awareness of Passive House energy efficient buildings in NYC…read more
Women in Sustainability and Energy (WISE)
Photo: The Building Energy Exchange NYC
For Be-Ex’s first ever Women in Sustainability and Energy (WISE) networking lunch, In was one of the “seasoned professionals from across the energy & sustainability industry, including policy, law, consulting, utilities, and advocacy,” invited to be a table leader for the event…read more
Be-Ex Celebrate NYC: Exhibition
Building Energy Exchange called for submissions from across our community, and compiled Celebrate NYC, a showcase of energy efficient building renovations and retrofits. This exhibit features upgrades and improvement of existing buildings of all different sizes and purposes throughout New York City, such as lighting, controls, HVAC, envelope, and domestic hot water.
Each project in the exhibit shows the work of a diverse set of professionals, and the support of multiple organizations and government agencies. Each individual contribution to reducing the City’s impact on the environment contributes to the collective goal of 80×50, and unites the city towards progress…read more
Arrowhead Farm, Kerhonkson NY
475 On-Site: Gramercy Passive House with ChoShields Studio
Educational video on construction detailing for among the first internationally certified Passive House buildings in NYC...read more
Low Carbon Publication: Manhattan house project (Fall 2017)
New York City’s beautiful townhouses require careful treatment in order to participate in a sustainable future. Our townhouse renovation in Manhattan faced constraints typical of an urban infill environment: structural deficiencies in the existing masonry construction, limited potential for solar heat gain in the winter, and restrictive fire codes. Nevertheless, after completing this Passive House retrofit, we improved the average energy use per square foot by more than a factor of 4 compared to a typical New York State household…read more
New York Mag Publication: New House in an Old House (Summer 2017)
Vienna International Passive House Conference 2016
ChoShields Studio had the honor to present their Passive House NYC project to the international audience in sharing their knowledge of designing and building to the Passive House standard within the tight constraints of NYC’s urban density.
In Cho with Wolfgang Feist, passive house co-founder.
In Cho presenting at the Vienna International Passive House Conference.
North American Passive House Conference 2016 (NAPH)
In Cho of ChoShields Studio was honored to present at the NAPH 2016 in NYC. She presented the Manhattan two family townhouse gut renovation – certified under the Enerphit Component certification.
Case Study on Energy Saving Potential of Installing Certified Passive House Windows
Klearwall is supplying Certified Passive House windows to the above gut renovation of a townhouse in Manhattan. The project is targeting the EnerPHit retrofit Passive House standard, led by Brooklyn Architect In Cho of ChoShields Studio...read more
Senator Adams Attends the Parkside Prize Award Ceremony and Reception
Senator Adams attended the Parkside Prize Award Ceremony and Reception and gave out awards to the winners of the Parkside Prize Competition. The Parkside Prize competition invited contestants to propose a new design for Parkside Avenue between Ocean and Flatbush Avenues, the eastern gateway to Prospect Park. The grand prize was awarded to In Cho, of the Brooklyn architecture studio ChoShields...read more
The Parkside Prize Goes For the Gold
In case you hadn't been paying attention to the Q's endless braying, here's the backstory: a diverse collective of neighbors calling themselves The Parkside Project have been clocking countless hours to try to turn the stretch of avenue from the Park to Flatbush into something more than an eyesore to be endured...read more
Meet the People Breathing Life Into NYC’s Overlooked Public Spaces
There are two dueling visions of public space in New York City. On one side, tabloid columnists and the police commissioner believe that any problems encountered in Midtown’s public spaces — whether homeless men or hustling desnudas — should be fixed by replacing space for people...read more
Re-imagining a Neglected Stretch of Parkside Avenue
Last year a group of Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighbors banded together to launch a contest inviting people to come up with new ideas for Parkside Avenue between Flatbush and Ocean...read more
Butterfly Garden: A Park Reclaimed
Right next to the Prospect Expressway, at 18th Street and Seventh Avenue, sits a half-acre park in a space left over from when the highway was built through the neighborhood in the late 1950s. Over the last decade, that small slice of land has flourished into Butterfly Garden, a learning garden and barrier-free outdoor classroom taking shape with the Civic Council’s help on the very edge of Park Slope...read more
Brussels ground breaking policy for Passive House as the city’s energy code standard.
City of Brussels, Belgium goes full Passive House in their groundbreaking energy code policy. ChoShields Studio along with fellow Passive House industry leaders take a pioneering voyage to Brussels to meet with government officials and its’ AEC community to learn how the city achieved this incredible feat and bring this knowledge to aid NYC’s efforts in meeting its ambitious goal of 80x50 – 80% reduction of carbon emissions by the year 2050.