Details and more information are below. Hope you can take advantage of this opportunity!
The Castle
Square Tenants Organization and WinnDevelopment invite you to tour the construction
of what is likely the largest Deep Energy Retrofit in the U.S.
When: Saturday,
October 1st, 2011, 10:00 – 2:00 pm
Tours will be offered on an ongoing basis during this time.
Where: Castle
Square Apartments, 476 Tremont Street, Boston
About Castle Square - The 500-unit, low-and
moderate-income Castle Square Apartments occupies an entire city block in Boston’s South End. Constructed in the 1960s, 192 apartments are
currently undergoing a trailblazing Deep Energy Retrofit Renovation.
Why are Deep Energy
Retrofits Cutting Edge?
- Deep Energy Retrofits are the next wave in green building. The majority of green buildings are only 20
to 30 percent more efficient than typical buildings in the U.S. To date, there has been a technical glass
ceiling on what is feasible for energy and carbon reductions in existing
buildings. Deep Energy Retrofits
completely raise the energy savings bar.
Castle Square
is expected to achieve a 72 percent energy reduction (a dramatic improvement
over 20 to 30 percent energy savings)!
How is Castle Square Different than Other Green Renovations?
ü The
key difference between Castle Square Apartments Deep Energy Retrofit and
standard energy efficiency renovations is insulation, which at Castle Square
will be located on the outside of the building (visually transforming the dated
property).
ü A
new 5” super insulated shell, combined with a super insulated reflective roof,
high efficiency windows and extensive air sealing, will increase the insulation
value of the building by a factor of ten.
ü Because
of super insulation, the building will require only a fraction of the energy to
heat and cool.
ü Additional
energy savings will be made using small high efficiency cooling and heating
equipment, LED and CFL lighting, Energy Star appliances and solar hot water.
ü This
is not a gut renovation, so fewer resources are used. Residents stay in their apartments during the
renovation, with minimal disruption.
To
learn more about the renovation check out www.CastleDeepEnergy.com
This
free tour is being offered in conjunction with the Northeast Sustainable Energy
Alliance Green Open House. http://www.nesea.org/ greenbuildings/
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