Jane Carbone, Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.

Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.  938 Affordable Rental Units  64 Buildings  $1.7 million annually in utility costs  Usually pay heat, water, common electric  Lots of variety

HRI- HRI- Green Champion Champion A victor in a challenge Advocate Person who speaks, pleads or argues in favor of cause

Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.

Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.  HRI’s efforts to develop green affordable housing  New construction  Moderate and Gut Rehab  Apartment Turnovers  “Green” An evolving approach

Steam System Energy Retrofit Removed Steam Radiators  Oxford/Trowbridge  Occupied  52 units  Change Distribution to Baseboard/Fan Coils  Modulating, Condensing High Efficiency Boiler  Basement Air Sealing

Energy Audit  diagnostic tools  window coating test include:  Infrared thermal scan for bldg envelope  Exhaust flow measurements  CO levels

Building Diagnostics  Blower door tests  Measures air infiltration

Smoke Pencil Test- Air Infiltration Test-

Energy Retrofit Improvements •High Efficiency Condensing Boilers •New Distribution System- Replaced Steam Radiators •Basement Air Sealing

Infrared Testing Quality control during construction

High Efficiency Boiler Retrofit Only Magazine and River St.- 37 Units St.-

Green And Healthy Turnover Practices General Notes  Install <1.6 gpf toilet  Check RR schedule for MEP systems  Check thermostat function  Fill wall penetrations to prevent pest entry  Replace showerheads and aerators with low flow  Energy Star appliances and lights  Replace filters  Clean all surfaces with low or no toxic cleaners

Green CNA/Energy Audit  CNAs need to include:  Energy Performance  Water Efficiency  Building envelope

Why Monitor Usage?  Are our retrofit efforts working?  What’s next?  What in the world? “If you measure it, it will get better.”

Gut rehab after fire 58 7th Street Building Envelope • Walls Polyicynene R-19 in walls • Roof – R40 • Low E Glass windows • PV and Solar Thermal Hot Water

Worst to Best- BTU/sq. ft. Best-

Before/After 7th St. CO2

What’s Next?

What in the world?  New Construction  LEED NC Certifiable/Enterprise Green Communities  Condensing Boilers  Water Efficiencies  PV  Commissioning  Green Living Guide Trolley Square

Don’t Assume Everything Is Operating Right Measuring is Important

One Building Using 10x Amount of Water- Why? Running Toilets Water-

Top 4 Properties Have High Water Use Why? Slow Leaking Toilets

Auburn Court Landscaping Water Use Reduction Progress

Energy Efficiency Tenant Workshops

Green Grades Posted

Next Steps for HRI in Green For Asset Management  Green Buy-In with Property Managers Buy-  Additional Retrofit Measures  Track changes from improvements  Unit and Common Area Inspection  Feedback Loop  Resident Education/Buy - In  Promote/Share Best Practices

Green Champion “Be the Change you want to see”

Jane Carbone, Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.

by National Housing Conference & the Center for Housing Policy on Apr 16, 2010

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