All Posts Tagged With: "The Bronx"

Intervale Green: Affordable, Sustainable, & Wired in the Bronx

Intervale Green is a $45 million, 127-unit affordable housing development under construction in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. Project sponsor WHEDC teamed with energy consultant Steven Winter Associates to reduce the building’s expected energy costs by 35 percent through numerous sustainable design elements, including the installation of EnergyStar appliances and light fixtures. Other green design features include two different green roofs, low-e windows, and non-toxic paints and sealants- important because the Morrisania neighborhood holds the unfortunate distinction of the highest asthma rate in the Bronx

Popularity: 29% [?]

2Jul2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued

Serviam Gardens: Affordable Green Living for Bronx Seniors

Serviam Gardens will be a 240-unit housing development for low- to middle-income senior citizens when it opens in the last quarter of 2009. Developed by Bronx-based affordable housing developer Fordham Bedford Housing Corporation, the $66 million project is set to break ground tomorrow and will rise in a vacant lot behind Mount Saint Ursula’s convent and girls’ high school in Bedford Park in the Bronx. OCV Architects designed the two-tower project, which will incorporate a number of unspecified green design features pursuant to Enterprise Green Communities Criteria.

Popularity: 25% [?]

1Jul2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued

Fordham’s Campbell Hall: Green Higher Education in the Bronx

Fordham University will begin construction in late April on two new seven-story residential buildings at its Rose Hill campus in the Bronx, both designed by Sasaki Associates to achieve an unspecified level of LEED certification. Together, the residence halls will offer 166,000 square feet of living space, divided into four- and six-person suites. Sasaki is still ironing out green design features, but it’s possible that the project could include rooftop rainwater collection systems, as well as LEED-standard efficient lighting and recycled construction materials.

Popularity: 13% [?]

22Feb2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued