Mercy Housing: Boundary Village

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Mercy Housing implemented a major energy, water and environmental health upgrade at Boundary Village in late 2010 through June 2011 as part of HUD’s Green Retrofit Program (GRP) that was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Boundary Village was one of seven Mercy Housing properties that benefited from HUD’s GRP in Washington State. All of Mercy Housing’s properties in Washington State that were included in the HUD GRP program experienced energy consumption reduction in the residential units (average = 10%) and common space (average = 24%) and 6 of the 7 properties experienced reduction in water consumption (average: 25%).

Upgrades at Boundary Village under the HUD GRP program included the following:

Envelope - installed rigid foam board insulation (R-4) under new hard plank siding
Common space lighting – Changed from T12s to T8s and installed new ballasts
Exterior lighting – replaced 8 exterior 50-watt high pressure sodium amps with 40-watt induction lighting
Showerheads – switched from 2.5 gpm to 1.5 gpm
Kitchen faucets– installed aerators to decrease flow rate from 2.0 gpm to 1.5 gpm
Bathroom faucets – installed aerators to decrease flow rate from 1.5 gpm to 0.5 gpm
Cabinets – certified by Forestry Stewardship Council and containing no formaldehyde
Hot water heating – replaced existing units with new units having an efficiency rating of 0.94
Appliances – replaced with ENERGY STAR appliance
Toilets – replaced toilets with lower gallon per flush toilets

Green Retrofit Program for Multifamily Housing

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IN BUILDING ENERGY USE

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