Elderly Services

Awards

  • Excellence in Architecture Award
    2005
    Honor Award
    American Institute of Architects, Vermont – AIA
  • National Design-Build Award
    2005
    Best Design-Build Project -Under $5 Million
    Design-Build Institute of America – DBIA

Summary

Bread Loaf used Integrated Project ManagementSM (IPM) to create the new home for Elderly Services, Inc. They are a not-for-profit service providing adult day care to Middlebury and surrounding Vermont communities. The building’s farmhouse vernacular provides participants with day care in a non-institutional, home-like setting. The facility is surrounded with stone walls, gardens, orchards and walking paths to further enhance the clients’ experience.

Green Building/Sustainable Design

  • Building orientation and sun control
  • Air sealed, well-insulated building envelope
  • Low or No VOC emitting interior finishes
  • Water conserving plumbing fixtures
  • Solar hot water panels
  • Stormwater management