Homeowner's Rehab, Inc. manages 938 affordable rental units across 64 buildings. They spend $1.7 million annually on utility costs. HRI has undertaken various green initiatives to make their properties more energy efficient and sustainable, including steam system retrofits, energy audits, high efficiency boiler replacements, and green turnover practices. Monitoring utility usage has helped identify areas for further improvement. HRI aims to continue expanding their green efforts through additional retrofits, tracking savings, inspections, resident education, and promoting best practices.

2. 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

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

4. Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.

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

6. 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

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

8. Building Diagnostics
 Blower door
tests
 Measures air
infiltration

9. Smoke Pencil Test- Air Infiltration
Test-

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

11. Infrared Testing
Quality control during construction

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

15. 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

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

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

18. 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

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

20. Before/After 7th St. CO2

21. What’s Next?

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

23. Don’t Assume Everything Is
Operating Right
Measuring is Important

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

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

26. Auburn Court Landscaping
Water Use Reduction Progress

27. Energy Efficiency Tenant
Workshops

28. Green Grades Posted

29. 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

30. Green Champion
“Be the Change you want to see”