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 Overview Two buildings at 1700 St. Roch Ave., including four residential units and one commercial unit, will be the first in New Orleans to embrace the "Standard of Sustainability" (SOS) currently being considered by the City. Toward this end, the project will use emerging technologies which will increase the quality of life for residents, reduce the cost of living, and pave the way for a widespread approach to sustainability in New Orleans. Building with passive-thermal-engine systems for heating, cooling, and dehumidifying will enable the project to reduce carbon emissions by 50 percent and energy consumption by 90 percent. "The passive thermal engine," explains engineer Christophor Faust, "is an engineering system that replicates the functional systems of the human body, such as physical reactions to heat and cold." Faust explains that in the winter the passive thermal engine converts cold air to heat and in the summer converts heat to cooler air. The project will be a laboratory for testing new technologies, a workshop for building methodologies, and will lay the groundwork for new industry and the environmentally sound rebuilding of New Orleans. The project will build with local materials and resources, and will encourage the growth of existing industry, and the formation of new industry linked to environmental building products. To facilitate the work, the project will lease a warehouse on St. Roch Avenue where they will store and mill salvaged materials for this project and others to come. Upon the sale of the units at 1700 St. Roch Avenue, proceeds will be returned to the Faubourg St. Roch Project fund for further rebuilding. Click the images below to see photos of 1700 St. Roch. 
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