Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven

Connecticut Green Building Council Award

MOST INTRIGUING/Commerical Award
Connecticut Green Building Council:
"The Home Improvement and Energy Conservation Laboratory submitted by the Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, Inc. immediately caught the jury’s attention. Although the project was limited in scale, it sits in the midst of the community it serves and incorporates many sustainable features that readily demonstrate building projects the neighbors can examine firsthand and understand well enough to undertake on their own. Originally a neighborhood grocery store in the late 1890’s, the frame, and later masonry addition, single story building illustrates how much can be created out of a very small space and budget. Many of the products used in the building are recycled including light fixtures, built-in cabinetry and office furnishings. The extensive green roof planted with sedum can accommodate any future expansion the photo voltaic array already providing energy to the building. The first residential scale cogeneration system in the state is used to heat and cool the building."

CTGBC's Highlights of the design:

 

- Extremely small space opened up into a very successful demonstration that we believe will only get better uponcompletion

- The ability to achieve LEED Gold with a minimum impact on the community and budget

- Photovoltaic plans to provide complete energy needs for this building

- Total Reuse of all materials within the structure.

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