[CPEO-BIF] "Net-Zero Affordable Housing Opens in Vermont"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Net-Zero Affordable Housing Opens in Vermont
McKnight Lane features high-performance modular homes with solar photovoltaic arrays and energy storage systems.

By Christine Serlin
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE
October 21, 2016

A blighted mobile home park that had become a brownfield has been transformed into Vermont’s first affordable and net-zero energy rental housing neighborhood.

Developed by Addison County Community Trust (ACCT) in partnership with Cathedral Square, McKnight Lane in Waltham features 14 net-zero energy two- and three-bedroom modular homes that are affordable to households earning at or below 50% and 60% of the area median income. All of the homes incorporate universal design principles, while two are fully accessible.

The high-performance modular homes are manufactured by VERMOD in Wilder, Vt. These homes feature extra insulation to reduce energy loss, healthy building materials, fresh and filtered air, triple-pane windows, Energy Star lighting and appliances, and cold-climate heat pumps.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.housingfinance.com/developments/net-zero-affordable-housing-opens-in-vermont_o

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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