Event presented by Reimagine Buildings Collective
Friday, May 22nd from 12pm-1pm eastern (Virtual)
As Principal, Partner, and Chief Sustainability Officer at Forge Craft Architecture + Design, Trey Farmer brings nearly two decades of sustainable design and construction experience to projects that are meant to solve real problems and improve real lives. He's a Certified Passive House Consultant, a certified permaculture designer, and he lives in a passive house he designed himself. He knows this work from the inside.
When the 2021 Texas freeze knocked out power for three days and temperatures dropped to single digits, Trey's house held at 49°F. His neighbor's identical pre-retrofit house dropped to 36°F. That's not a talking point. That's resilience, measured in degrees.
In this AMA Friday, bring whatever's on your mind — climate resilience, humid climate challenges, ecological design, the intersection of building science and living systems. Trey has range.
Bring your questions.
Ask Trey Anything!
About Trey Farmer - Forge Craft Architecture + Design, Principal & Partner, Chief Sustainability Officer
With nearly two decades of experience in sustainable design and construction, and as the firm’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Trey is passionate about projects that make life better for people and our planet. He is LEED AP Certified as well as a Certified Passive House Consultant (CPHC). In addition to his architectural expertise, he is a certified permaculture designer and teacher. Trey joined the Forge Craft team in 2016, drawn to the firm’s dedication to sustainable design, building science, and the shared conviction that great design can solve big problems and improve lives in a tangible way. Trey currently serves on the Austin Passive House Alliance Board, the National Passive House Alliance Council and Policy Committee, the Humid Climate Conference Steering Committee, and the ULI Austin Resilience & Sustainability Committee. Trey is a Master of Architecture graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, holds a Master’s degree in Ecological Design from San Francisco Institute of Architecture, and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Otago. Prior to his architecture and design work, Trey worked as a writer, bartender, job coach, teacher, carpenter, natural builder, community organizer, and orchardist. He enjoys gardening, swimming at Deep Eddy, hiking, and spending quality time with his family in the passive house he designed with his co-parent, Adrienne.
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