To tackle climate change in the built environment, we need to strive toward zero energy in operations and also consider embodied carbon and carbon storage opportunities during construction. Retrofitting vacant and underutilized historic buildings to PHIUS standards leverages an existing building’s embodied carbon, which combined with low carbon and carbon storing materials, can transform our historic buildings into carbon sinks. With careful consideration, the Federal Historic Tax Credit program can provide an additional source of funding for these ambitious Passive House projects. Currently under construction, Moran Square is one of the first PHIUS Historic Tax Credit projects in the US. To push it a step further, this 44-unit affordable project is using low carbon materials during construction. The site includes a historic firehouse, a vacant lot, and historic three-story building. Our team is retrofitting the two historic buildings and constructing a new five-story building on the vacant lot. During this presentation, we will share this project’s technical enclosure details sharing photos of construction and stories from the field. We will also illustrate how we managed to meet rigorous historic requirements of the Federal Historic Tax Credit program, while achieving ambitious PHIUS and low carbon construction goals.