Community Housing Partners

Community Housing Partners (CHP), which provides affordable and sustainable housing throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, is committed to creating energy-efficient homes and communities and reducing greenhouse gas emissions throughout our footprint. Building on the organization’s founding as Project Home Repair in 1976, CHP’s Energy Solutions division has provided federally funded weatherization services to Virginia households for decades. For 30 years, CHP has designed and built multifamily projects to meet strict green building standards with an emphasis on energy-efficient design, sustainable building practices, and reduced utility costs for residents.

Through the Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future’s (SAHF’s) Big Reach Initiative, CHP and its peers achieved 29% energy savings and 24% water savings since 2010. CHP’s cross-departmental Green Team hopes to build on this success by setting an organizational vision to be a sustainable net-zero company by 2050. In 2013 CHP joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Better Buildings Challenge to improve the energy efficiency of its multifamily portfolio by at least 20% over 10 years. In 2021 CHP was among the initial group of organizations to commit to DOE and HUD’s Better Climate Challenge, pledging to reduce GHG emissions by 50% within 10 years.

PORTFOLIO-WIDE LEADERSHIP COMMITMENTS

50% GHG reduction in 10 years

20% reduction in energy intensity

Presentation

Use Your Common Sensors: Data Tracking and Monitoring for Optimizing Multifamily Building Performance

Video

VIDEO: In Case You Missed It 2023 Better Buildings Summit Sampler

Presentation

Getting to Zero: The How (and Why) of Net Zero Energy Buildings

Presentation

Getting to Zero: The How (and Why) of Net Zero Energy Buildings

Showcase Project

Community Housing Partners: The Warwick

Performance Data

Solutions

Leadership Commitments

Better Climate Challenge

Goal

Commitment

Better Buildings Challenge

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Commitment

Progress

DOE Program Participation