Winthrop Center Architecture Tour
Additional fee, registration required.
Tour Winthrop Center, the world's largest passive house–certified office building.
After meeting in Winthrop Square Park, you and fellow participants will head to the office lobby and up to the office floors to experience the triple-glazed facade, spectacular daylight and views, and superior indoor environmental quality. Next up: A trip to the mechanical floors to see the efficient equipment driving the building's systems.
You'll then explore the Class A amenities before concluding in the public connector, a great hall opening up to Boston's Financial District. Along the way, you'll hear anecdotes from guides who worked on the project.
Tour Winthrop Center, the world's largest passive house–certified office building.
After meeting in Winthrop Square Park, you and fellow participants will head to the office lobby and up to the office floors to experience the triple-glazed facade, spectacular daylight and views, and superior indoor environmental quality. Next up: A trip to the mechanical floors to see the efficient equipment driving the building's systems.
You'll then explore the Class A amenities before concluding in the public connector, a great hall opening up to Boston's Financial District. Along the way, you'll hear anecdotes from guides who worked on the project.
Learning Objectives
- Learn about the Passive House Institute's Core and Shell certification program and its application to large-scale high-rise developments, including coordination with tenants and adjacent building programs.
- Explore the drivers for pursuing passive house and other performance certifications (e.g., LEED, WELL) from the perspective of building ownership—and how these ambitious goals influence project development and tenant engagement.
- Delve into technical details about the systems used at Winthrop Center to achieve significant reductions in energy use.
- Examine the design and construction challenges of seeking multiple sustainable design certifications at scale and the real and anticipated benefits thereof.