We are pleased to announce that construction for the Deep Energy Retrofit (DER) just began at the Hano Homes property. Hano Homes is a 20-unit rental property, comprised of ten duplex rowhouses on Hano Street in Allston.
This DER will fully decarbonize the building through envelope improvements with embodied carbon storage, full systems electrification, and solar PV. This project also includes an all-new building envelope, new electric heating, cooling, and fresh air systems, and electric domestic hot water. The property is projected to see a 70% reduction in energy use, and with a rooftop solar array, is projected to be at, or approaching, net zero energy use. ABCDC will also seek PHIUS Passive House Certification for this property.
“With an entirely new building envelope and these all-electric systems, folks should feel comfortable in all seasons,” remarked ABCDC’s Director of Real Estate, Caitlin Robillard. Through this project, ABCDC hopes to act as a model to show how medium-sized affordable housing projects can achieve significant energy and emissions reductions. This is part of our larger effort to decarbonize our entire affordable housing portfolio by 2040.
This project is being made possible by a number of funding sources including Eastern Bank, Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP), MassSave, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), Low-Income Energy Affordability Network (LEAN), Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH), MassHousing, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Massachusetts, and Liberty Mutual Foundation.
We would also like to thank our project partners from Haycon Building LLC, Onion Flats Architecture, Sustainable Comfort, Resonant Energy, Tierney Development Services, Maloney Properties, Judy Cohn Housing Housing and Relocation Consultants, and RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute) for all their hard work.
