Funding sources and government programs are moving towards requiring green certification or mandating sustainable features for affordable housing grants. Developers are gaining a deeper understanding of how to build cost-effective, green affordable housing and why building green makes sense.

“In a few years to say green affordable housing might almost become redundant,” says Bill Stein, principle, Dattner Architects, New York.

“It’s become fairly mainstream at this point and required in whatever different way by just about every housing and funding agency,” says Chris Cirillo, vice president, The Richmond Group, Greenwich, Conn.“Tenants expect to see it, developers expect to do it and funding agencies want it.”

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development now requires all new projects to achieve Enterprise Green Community (EGC) certification.EGC is a green certification program for affordable housing developed by Enterprise Community Partners (ECP), Columbia, MD.

纽约State is using EGC criteria in its competitive criteria on applications for State Housing and Urban Development (HUD) tax credits. Given the competitiveness of the tax credit market, projects need to go beyond threshold requirements and acquire competitive points, explains Victoria Shire, deputy director, ECP. “We are seeing an increased trend in the number of applications that are going after green competitive points and a similar trend in the awards being made.”

For the next round of applications the State is looking at moving some green competitive criteria into threshold requirements.“They want to raise the bar and continue to drive the industry toward greener housing,” Shire explains.

EGC Projects

EGC快速成为绿色经济实惠住房的标准。该计划采用规范性的方法，以确保其标准建立的住房具有成本效益，健康和价格实惠。18luck官网项目必须符合超过35个强制性规定，并获得可选点以实现认证。

For developers committing to meeting EGC criteria, Enterprise offers financing, tax-credit equity, grants, loans and technical assistance.

在西北布朗克斯·布朗克斯·福德姆贝德福德房屋公司与乌苏林姐妹合作，开发243辆实惠的高级住房。企业为6800万美元的开发提供了2500万美元的税收信贷资产，称为Serviam Gardens。该项目符合EGC标准，包括绿色屋顶和雨水收集系统。

纽约哈德森公司布鲁克林的1490年戴蒙大道获得了从企业获得的收购贷款，以制定176单位的低收入租房楼。Lettire Construction，New York正在建立项目，以满足EGC和NYSERDA多方性能计划（MPP）标准。经济实惠的项目是布鲁克林的第一个合并太阳能电池板。

Jonathan Rose Companies is renovating 10 adjoining tenements comprising 198 apartments at West 135th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem.Designed by Dattner Architects, the green retrofits include high-efficiency boilers, PV panels, upgraded lighting and lighting controls, double-pane low-e windows and low-flow plumbing fixtures.

该项目从HUD获得了360万美元的补贴贷款，这是由HUD的绿色改造计划下宣布的刺激立法资助的多摩利房屋的绿色改造计划。在税收抵免中，税收抵押贷款增量1010万美元，起源于2250万美元的收购贷款。

对开发人员的利益

Richmond集团，经济适用住房的开发商，所有者和经理，是一个越来越多的开发商，实现了建筑绿色的好处。该公司致力于尽可能将绿色元素纳入其项目。18luck官网

“It makes a lot of sense if you are going to develop a property and own it for the long term,” Cirillo says. “It’s better for the environment, it reduces our long term operating costs and it makes it more affordable and creates a better environment for our tenants.”

Richmond, Archstone-Smith and Mon-adnock are developing three-large vacant parcels between 125th and 127th Streets, from Second to Third Avenues, in Harlem into a mix of affordable housing, retail and community space.

第一个项目是在2293个第三大道建造49公寓。该建筑设计，旨在满足LEED SILVER和NYSERDA MPP标准，具有高效的HVAC系统，能源星形设备和照明和低发射材料和饰面。完成2011年8月的竣工。