Boulder Housing Partners (BHP) recently announced that it has begun installation of solar panels at Canyon Pointe affordable, senior apartments.  Canyon Pointe consists of 81 one-bedroom apartments that are part of the Section 8 Project Based program for residents age 62 years and older.  The project is being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment [...]

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The U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD)recently announced that 100 affordable housing developments, including 8,112 homes, around the country have been awarded more than $100 million to complete energy efficient renovations with Recovery Act funds.  Some of the grants went to retrofit senior housing projects in Chicago, Illinois, Burlington, Vermont and Revere, Massachusetts.  The awards [...]

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The Emerson Wellness and Clark Aquatic Center, located on the campus of the Tacoma Lutheran Retirement Community, announced that it has been certified LEED® Silver by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).  The 4,500 square foot, full-service facility includes a swimming pool, spa, lockers, space for weight equipment and exercise classes, and other health and [...]

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Gardens and outdoor spaces play an important part in senior living architecture and design but what happens when there is no room to create a garden in an urban setting?  In Chicago, you head to the roof.  Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley has been supporting Chicago’s ‘green’ movement for many years and the city prides itself [...]

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The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement (HCCI) and the Jonathan Rose Companies celebrated the ground breaking earlier this month on Erbograph Apartments, the first senior housing development in Harlem designed to achieve LEED® Silver certification. The 8-story, 65-unit senior housing building located in Harlem is scheduled to [...]

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U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Senator Jack Reed recently announced that over 100 apartments in Warwick, Rhode Island will become greener and more energy efficient as a result of $1.4 million in Recovery Act funding being awarded to Shalom Apartments, a senior housing development. Retrofits will produce major system upgrades [...]

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Wayland Village Senior Apartments in West Baltimore recently celebrated its groundbreaking with representatives from federal, state and local government as well as Enterprise Homes, Inc. and partners Wayland Baptist Church CDC and Bon Secours Baltimore Health System. Wayland Village will feature 89 affordable rental apartments for low- and moderate-income seniors and for disabled adults. The [...]

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The deadline for entries for the 15th Annual MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing is coming around the corner next week on May 26, 2010.  This year’s competition is focused on best practices in the area of green and service-enriched affordable housing for seniors. 

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E3 Building Sciences recently announced that it has been chosen to provide assistance in certifying the a new mid-rise project for the 87-unit Lil Abner Apartments in Miami to meet LEED standards set by the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC).  Developer Consolidated Real Estate Investment of Miami selected Burgos Lanza Architects & Planners of Miami [...]

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Jack Satter House, a supportive housing community for 300 low-income seniors in Revere, Massachusetts announced that it has received a $4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of its new Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing.  The grant, which is the first of its kind in New [...]

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American DG Energy Inc. (NYSE Amex: ADGE) announced that it has entered into a fifteen-year agreement to produce energy at Fuller Village in Massachusetts with its on-site energy solution.  The solution produces clean, low cost energy in the form of electricity and space heating at Fuller Village and sells it to the independent living community [...]

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Friends Homes Inc. (Friends), a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) operator in North Carolina, recently announced a partnership with FLS Energy for installation of 208 solar thermal collector panels in its two continuing care retirement communities, Friends Homes at Guilford and Friends Homes West.  As one of the largest ever installed solar thermal systems in [...]

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