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GALVESTON (re)BUILD Sustainable Strategies for Housing Recovery One year later September 14, 2009 T he USGBC Galveston Branch with the USGBC Houston Chapter and the COTE-Houston (AIA Committee on the Environment) met over the summer researching and writing “Galveston Greenbuild: Sustainable Strategies for Housing Recovery.” Earlier this Spring, Galveston’s City Council directed the Housing and Grants Department to incorporate sustainable criteria for building new homes and elevating and rehabilitating existing homes with CDGB (Community Development Grants Block) funds. Over 75% of Galveston’s housing stock was damaged by wind and the surge caused by Hurricane Ike. The Long Term Recovery Committee’s Housing Group asked the Council to insure homes of the low to moderate income recipients of the CDGB funds ($160 million for housing recovery) would be built safer, healthier and stronger than those houses that were damaged and destroyed in Hurricane Ike that ﬂooded the city on September 13, 2008. We consulted with other cities and within the city to ﬁnd ‘the soft spot’ between sustainable and affordable green guidelines. The CDGB funds, once received, must be spent within 24 months, and the cap for new construction is set at $125,000, elevations at $35,000, and rehabilitation at $65,000. Maintenance and durability on a barrier island are key to long term sustainability, as is returning home as soon as possible after a storm. Improved energy efﬁciency, cool roofs, designs for Texas’ coastal, hot & humid climate and the use of formaldehyde-free interior materials are just a few of the twenty four recommendations submitted to the city for consideration in rebuilding Galveston’ homes sustainably. - Chula Ross Sanchez, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 1,800 homes will be raised, repaired and/ or built new with Community Development Block Grant (CDGB) funds for recovery from Hurricane Ike. Design challenges and opportunities abound, such as this one. How to get inside the house? How high to raise the building? How does meandering elevations effect the neighborhoods and streetscapes?

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