Retrofitting existing buildings to reach decarbonization goals can be difficult and expensive, from both a design and cost perspective. These barriers rise even higher for low-income owners and renters who may not have the capital or technical expertise to shoulder the upfront costs and navigate the process of retrofitting. Enter BlocPower, a prominent, Black-owned clean […]
Key Facts • Multifamily complex • 321,000 square feet • $100 million invested • Opened fall 2020 • Mid-rise, six stories • VRF heat pump systems Second + Delaware is a residential market-rate multifamily community in Kansas City, Missouri, developed by the Arnold Development Group. This 276-unit project includes a below-grade garage and 117 rooftop […]
Key Facts •444,000-square-foot premier workplace campus in Needham, Massachusetts, with three office buildings (A, B, C) and the Exchange, an amenities center • Net zero retrofit of Building A, a 106,000-square-foot office building • Built in 2000 • Upgraded from gas-fired heating to VRF heat pump systems •LEED certifications being pursued The property at 140 […]
Key Facts • Two-story garden-style apartments • Built in 1974 • Twelve of 160 total units converted from gas furnaces to ducted air-source heat pumps • Implemented August–October 2021 WinnCompanies converted 12 of the 160 units in its Eastbrook Apartments—a garden-style multifamily project in Springfield, Massachusetts—from gas furnaces to air-source heat pumps as a pilot […]
Key Facts •Commercial new construction •Air-source heat pumps, all-electric buildings •1.1 million-square-foot “urban campus” •Six floors, three buildings Platform 16 is currently in phase one of construction and will ultimately be a three-building commercial campus along the Guadalupe River Park in San Jose, California. The development is directly adjacent to the Google transit village. The […]
Key Facts • 12 mixed-use, commercial, and multifamily buildings • 426,000 square feet • $252 million invested • Design begun in 2016, delivered in phases between 2017 and 2024 • Mid-rise, four stories • VRF heat pump systems throughout The founder of Morgan Creek Ventures, Andy Bush, has been implementing heat pumps in new construction […]
Key Facts • Retrofit, high-rise commercial building in midtown Manhattan • 59 stories and 1.7 million square feet • Built in 1974 • Heat recovery implemented through water-source heat pumps This property, at 601 Lexington Avenue, anchors BXP’s Midtown Manhattan campus and the New York City skyline, with a globally recognized triangular silhouette. The former […]
Key Facts •Eight-story, mixed-use mid-rise new construction in midtown Sacramento •111 units (one-bedrooms and studios) •Estimated savings of $200,000–$300,000 in labor and materials avoided by not installing individual gas lines to the units •One air-source mini-split heat pump per apartment •Delivered in June 2022 In the design phase of 17 Central in 2020, D&S Development […]
With Holbein Gardens, Grosvenor transformed an outdated and inefficient office building into a modern, net zero workplace. By retaining structural elements from the original building, this project saved 59 tons of embodied carbon, equivalent to the emissions of 557 return flights from London to Amsterdam. When Grosvenor began exploring redevelopment options for the site in […]
With their focus on material reuse and regenerative design, Watershed Row and Wood River Mercantile demonstrate the value of circularity principles as a core tenet of sustainable construction. Developed by Watershed Row LLC with the support of design firm Place Collaborative, these adaptive use projects are leveraging thoughtful material sourcing and reclamation principles to deliver […]