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We worked with what we had,” Pimsler says. “So I think the green line on the project is most likely from the perspective of adaptive reuse and from the emphasis on building context, and then all the building materials.”


Puzzle Pieces
Pimsler, a native of New England and at one time, a practicing psychologist, says he first became interested in sustainable design and construction during the energy crisis of the mid-1970s.


“[The crisis] had a severe impact on our lifestyle up there, waiting on lines for gasoline and what not, and as a result, I joined the New England Solar Energy Commission,” he says.


His fellow commission members loved his passion but told him he needed to learn how buildings actually worked if he was ever going to turn good ideas into meaningful strategies. In response, Pimsler went back to college, earning degrees in architecture in Connecticut and at the University of Tennessee.


 


The combination of vertical and horizontal windows captures as much natural light as possible in the master bedroom.


 


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