“W. Robert Kreger offers Climate Responsive Design. This translates to Zero Emissions Residential Solutions informed by Passive Design standards.”

— Bob Kreger

“What is now proved was once only imagined.”

— William Blake

BOB KREGER

Architect and CPHC

Certified Passive House Consultant

His firm designed and built the first custom LEED Platinum custom home in the state of New Mexico in 2008. Bob’s passion for energy efficiency and water conservation in residential construction is always at the forefront of decisions made for clients’ dreams.

These certifications empower Bob to create zero emissions homes:

Licensed New Mexico Architect (License # 2814)
30 years experience as a Custom Home Construction Manager
Certified as a CPHC (PHIUS Certified Passive House Consultant).

The Passive Design and Building Standard includes:

substantial savings in annual operating costs
extremely low energy usage
very high Renewable-Source-Energy quotient
high quality indoor air management for better health
very comfortable indoor temperatures year-round
proven long term sustainability

Globally, millions of square feet of homes, multi-family structures and commercial buildings have been built to the Passive Design & Construction Standards.

The driving force behind the architect-led Kreger Design Build LLC, is W. Robert (Bob) Kreger. His firm designed and built the first custom LEED Platinum home in the state of New Mexico in 2008. Bob’s passion for energy efficiency and water conservation in residential construction is always at the forefront of decisions made for our clients’ benefits.

Bob is a Habitat for Humanity Hero and has won various awards for green building during several Parade of Homes sponsored by the Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association.

Bob Kreger has been practicing architecture for over 45 years, beginning in Boston, Massachusetts, and relocating to Taos, NM in 1992, and then to Santa Fe, NM in 1997.

Following a classic yet unique path within the profession, Bob attended Boston Architectural College (B Architecture 1980) where students must work full-time and attend BAC at night. Bob worked mostly in construction documents for architecture firms of all sizes throughout the greater Boston area. His experience included site design, new construction, adaptive reuse, forensics and historic preservation. He worked with small and large teams on a variety of building types.

The oil embargo of ’73 sharpened his interest in energy consciousness and sustainability. This interest morphed into a passion for all-things-green and sustainable to this day. Eventually Bob transitioned from pure architecture to production housing management and finally into passion-driven self-employment producing custom residential designs with third party sustainability verifications. Embracing his decision to specialize in custom residential design practice starting with Energy Star, then LEED for Homes as well as NAHB’s National Green Building Standard, Bob advocates for these performance standards and allows them to inform his solutions. Bob designed and built his first LEED Platinum CUSTOM home in New Mexico. Another of his homes is certified NGBS “Gold”.

The ultimate challenge to architects and builders today is to address the “new accountability design process” required for resilience against Climate Change.

Specializing in custom low-emissions residential solutions, Bob balances customers’ dreams and needs with all the classic professional design responsiblities: site response, views, comfort, style, delight and durability, climate resilience, as well as enabling each client’s unique way of life into a statement that speaks to their values.

Integrating this environmental imperative with contemporary residential “High Design” really does create a “new synergy”.

How?

By informing the design/build processes with current and rapidly evolving energy modeling offered by PHIUS.

“The world’s most ambitious standard for building energy performance, PHIUS passive design and passive construction harnesses 21st century building science torevolutionize the comfort and efficiency of buildings”.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

NM Architect #2814

Licensed New Mexico Homebuilder 1992 - 2017

Owner: Kreger Design Build, LLC 2001 - 2017: custom green residential design /build, Santa Fe, NM

Project Manager: BT Homes: 1997 - 2001: production manager 50 homes per year, Santa Fe, NM

Owner: Milagro Design Build: 1992 - 1997: general contracting and custom residential, Taos, NM

Toll Brothers (NYSE: TOL): 1988 - 1992: site acquisitions manager, also PM, Boston, MA

Team member in construction documents: 1973 - 1988: multiple firms in greater Boston, MA

ABOUT BOB: He is very active in his community. As past President of AIA Santa Fe in 20212, he helped create their first Pop-Up Gallery during the Parade of Homes in Santa Fe. Bob has also served on the Board of Directors for the Santa Fe Area Home Builders for several years. In 2009 Bob was Co-Chair of the Green Building Council, Co-Chair of the SFAHBA “Parade of Homes” and SFAHBA Green Building Summit (large conference). Bob was voted “Habitat Hero” in 2003 for his volunteer work advising on higher energy performance.

OTHER AFFILIATIONS:

Climate Reality Project, Northern NM chapter https://www.climaterealityproject.org/
350SantaFe https://350santafe.org/

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Passive House Institute US https://www.phius.org/
“The world’s most ambitious standard for building energy performance, Passive House harnesses 21st century building science to revolutionize the comfort and efficiency of buildings — cost-effectively”

Bob is a CPHC, Certified Passive House Consultant #1871, using WUFI Passive, an advanced passive building energy modeling tool that provides designers with static and dynamic modeling modes, built-in hydrothermal analysis functionality and detailed reports.
American Institute of Architects: 2012 president of AIA Santa Fe
Santa Fe Area Homebuilders Association: 1992 - 2017 https://www.buildnewmexico.com/
Friends of Architecture Santa Fe: Co-Founder 2012 https://www.architecturesantafe.org/

When an architect incorporates Passive Design and Construction into a design, there are measurable “values” added to the project. These include enhanced all-year comfort, reduced emissions, reduced utility costs, superior air-quality, near dust-free environments, reduced outside noise, draft-free spaces, increased market potential and lower operating and maintenance costs. These are real and qualitative differences — tangible benefits that building owners and occupants care about.

These benefits also meaningfully address environmental concerns, so it’s s win-win … right?

“IMAGINE a building designed and constructed to function as elegantly and efficiently as a flower; a building informed by its bioregion’s characteristics, that generates all its own energy with renewable resources, captures and treats its water, and that operates efficiently and for maximum beauty.”

Since 2017 Bob Kreger focuses exclusively on ZERH (Zero Emissions-Ready Homes) and ZEH (Zero Emmisions Homes), both single-family and multi-family.

Client Reference Available Upon Request

NANCY DEAN KREGER

BFA in Visual Design

Nancy Dean Kreger has been the other half of Kreger Design Build since it’s creation in 2001. She brings her Visual Design background, artistic talent and friendly intuition to the mix. She created a gallery, Salmon Falls Artisans Showroom, in her hometown in Massachusetts featuring the work of 125 fine artists and craftspeople. Nancy's family have been entrepreneurs for generations so working in a family business is normal for her! As an artist she was chosen as the 2011 Santa Fe Wine Festival Artist and has been shown in a variety of juried shows, galleries and restaurants. She is currently Treasurer on the Board of Women in the Arts New Mexico.

www.NancyDeanKregerArt.com

Photo credit: Steve Oles