BlogWe love this project, an ambitious retrofit of West 135th Street Apartments, because it makes smart use of a number of funding streams, both private and public, and it proves that energy-efficiency is not a luxury available only to residents of medium- or high-income housing.
Jonathan Rose, Jonathan Rose Companies president and 107-145 West 135th Street. Via The Real Deal.
The Real Deal reports that the $50.9M effort was the work of apartment complex owner, Jonathan Rose Companies, as well as Enterprise, a Maryland-based provider of developer capital and expertise for affordable housing. The project team was the the first in the nation to make use of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Green Retrofit Program, which used stimulus funds to improve the efficiency of buildings nationwide.
Among the improvements made on the 198-unit complex is the replacement of 32 boilers with 10 high-efficiency boilers and the installation for solar panels. Bright Power, an NYC energy services company, performed a feasibility study for a solar PV system at the site, and oversaw installation of of a 25 kW system.
Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley views retrofit plans on the rooftop of the West 135th St. Apartments in New York City. Via White House blog.
In January 2010, Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, visited the apartment complex. In a blog post, she wrote that the project “will enhance quality of life for the residents, reduce energy costs, cut water consumption, improve indoor air quality, and create quality local jobs.”
Check out the project page here and the building profile here.
