Designed by Wallace Garcia Wilson Architects, the Speer Boulevard Apartments is a six-story mixed-use podium-type building with ground floor retail, below-grade parking and 221 rental units just south of Downtown Denver’s Capital Hill neighborhood.
1000 Grand is a seven-story mixed use building designed by TCA Architects with 275 rental units and 12,000 square feet of retail at the southeast corner of Olympic and Grand Streets in Downtown Los Angeles’ South Park neighborhood.
Project Team: Geoffrey H. Richon Co., Contractor; DEAP Energy Group, Mechanical Design Consultant; Building Science Corporation, Consultants and DER Technical Support; National Grid, Massachusetts, DER Pilot Program Administrator/Sponsor
Location: Gloucester, Massachusetts
Description: Comprehensive DER retrofit of 2,424 ft2 one bedroom, two bathroom, 2-story house with walkout basement
Completion Date: January 2012
Project Team: Habitat for Humanity North Central Massachusetts, Builder; Transformations, Inc., DER Lead and architectural design support; Building Science Corporation, Consultants and DER Technical Support; National Grid, Massachusetts, DER Pilot Program Administrator/Sponsor
Location: Lancaster, Massachusetts
Photograph courtesy of Jim Pepitone
Project Team: Ark Ventures, LLC, Building Science Corporation
Location: Oakdale, Connecticut
Description: 2,696 ft2 3 bedroom plus office, 21/2 bath, four story single family home
Completion Date: October 2009
Project Team: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Lowell, Shawsheen Technical High School, Building Science Corporation
Location: Bedford, Massachusetts
Description: 1,504 ft2 two-story three bedroom, one-and-a-half bath home
Completion Date: November 2009
Estimated Annual Energy Usage: 35% energy use reduction over the Building America benchmark; $930 estimated annual savings
Project Team: ZETA Communities, Building Science Corporation, Daniel Smith & Associates Architects
Location: Oakland, CA
Description: 1,561 ft22 bedroom, 2 bath, two-story urban infill duplex/townhouse
Completion Date: November 2009
Project Team: Wright Builders, Inc., Building Science Corporation, National Grid, Massachusetts
Location: Belchertown, Massachusetts
Description: Comprehensive renovation of circa 1760 cape, 1,435 ft2 above-grade conditioned space, one-and-a-half story, three bedroom, one-and-a-half bath home
Completion Date: January 2010
Phase II is a continuation of a charitable residential community in New Orleans called Project Home Again. Project Home Again is a not-for-profit organization that is overseeing the construction of 12 affordable and energy efficient single detached residences in Gentilly, New Orleans. The project is managed by Green Coast Enterprises, a local real estate services firm. A local architect and builder (Sustainable Architecture, LLC.
Project Team: Greencraft Builders, LLC, Building Science Corporation
Location: Colleyville, Texas
Description: 4,886 ft2 two-story single family home
Completion Date: March, 2009
Estimated Annual Energy Savings: Average 70.5% projected source energy savings relative to the 2008 Building America Benchmark