ZERO ENERGY

Farr Associates' Jonathan Boyer has a lot of energy, and so do the projects he's worked on. He spoke yesterday at the Chicago Architecture Foundation about building the first net-zero energy home in Chicago, the Yannell Residence  on the northwest side; he also covered the Shaw Technology and Learning Center on Homan Drive  in the Lawndale area. The Learning Center formerly housed the Sears catalog factory and now has 450 students in two grades, with a new grade to be add each year. The building has a geothermal heating system that provides most of the school's heating and cooling for about 10 months of the year.

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