The Chattanooga Times Free Press ran a feature article this morning on TWH Vice President Trey Wheeler’s home. HERS rating results for the home were announced during a brunch today at the home; the building has a score of 70 (some 30 or 40 points better than average new homes, 15 points better than what is required for an Energy Star rating). Read the article at timesfreepress.com.
The latest issue of Chattanooga Magazine has a feature article on Hamilton County’s newest school, Hixson Middle School. TWH was thrilled to design this exciting project for Department of Education. Go to www.chattmag.com to read the article.
TWH Vice President, Trey Wheeler, recently moved his family of six into a new energy efficient home on Signal Mountain. You don’t need fancy PV arrays to achieve amazing results. Take a look at the first of a multi-part series of articles on the project:
Check out the full article on Collier Construction’s website.
Trey Wheeler, AIA was recently elected to serve as an officer of the Tennessee Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He is slated to be President of the state-wide organization in 2012. Trey is Vice President of TWH Architects, Inc. and is currently serving as President of the Chattanooga Chapter of the AIA.
Trey has worked closely with the Board of Directors of AIA Chattanooga to keep several notable existing programs moving forward as well as implement new ones. Most recently, AIA Chattanooga announced an opportunity for architecture and engineering students at several regional universities to take part in a competition to design a new pedestrian bridge at the Volkswagen facility currently under construction. AIA Chattanooga is thrilled that the Volkswagen corporate leadership chose to pursue this program with local architects and regional students.
Current and past AIA Chattanooga Board Members have been instrumental in orchestrating Chattanooga’s receipt of a sizable grant from the American Institute of Architects in Washington, DC to make multiple visits to the area, study the impact of the new Volkswagen facility and other regional growth patterns, and to develop a report of their findings. The results of the Sustainable Design Assessment Team’s work (SDAT) will soon be delivered to governmental agencies, planning commissions, and other interested parties across the region.
AIA Chattanooga sponsors “CanStruction”, a program in which middle school students compete under the leadership of local architects to design sculptures constructed entirely of canned and dry foods. The event culminates each year with the “UnCanventional Ball”, a celebration during which the public is invited to come view the structures the students created. Proceeds and canned goods are donated to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
Other initiatives led and maintained by Trey and AIA Chattanooga include endowed scholarship funds at both the University of Tennessee and Auburn University (funded by an annual golf tournament), work with the City’s efforts to address homelessness, involvement with GreenSpaces, and education for both architects and the general public pertinent to environmentally responsible design, energy conservation, and a low impact built environment.
Trey also currently serves on the Metropolitan YMCA of Chattanooga Board of Directors and the North River YMCA Board of Directors. He is a member of the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association of Chattanooga and the International Mountain Biking Association. Trey is heavily involved with the music ministry at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church. He and his wife Michelle and their four children reside in a recently constructed low impact home on Signal Mountain.
“Got Oxygen”, an informal mountain biking team sponsored by TWH Architects, Collier Construction, and Suck Creek Cycles recently rode to a podium finish at “12 Hours of Tsali”. The team competed in the base class twelve hour event and managed to land second place. The race took place on the Tsali Trails, near Bryson City, North Carolina. Team members included Trey Wheeler (Vice President of TWH Architects), Nikko Aleman (geotechnical engineer with S&ME, Inc.), Tom Bowen (Hamilton County WWTA Manager), and Crosby Wheeler (student and cross-country runner at Signal Mountain High School).
Trey completes a lap in good time
Post race celebration
Architect Wayne Williams sending it off a four foot drop
Sure, why not? Wayne Williams, AIA (TWH Project Architect) and Trey Wheeler, AIA (TWH Vice President) are both avid cyclists. They can often be found on local trails during the pre-dawn hours and the occasional lunch hour for a quick ride. Interested? Clients, friends, and business acquaintances are always more than welcome to come join in the fun. Give us a call or drop us a note if you might like to join us.