La Pradera
1023 E Glorietta Dr, Hobbs, NM 88240
Project Details:
Affordable Multifamily housing project (8 multifamily buildings = 60 units, one community building and one daycare building) in Hobbs, NM.
Green Insight’s scope of work included project green goal facilitation, facilitating charrettes, LEED for Homes credit verification and testing during construction, QAD review, energy modeling, building material assessments, review of specifications, construction documents, and project submittals. Modern multistory ICF building designed to meet a HERS index of 59 and obtain the NM Sustainable Building Tax Credit (SBTC).
Challenges:
For La Pradera, the developer wanted to develop a modern-style building that achieved a HERS of 60 or better and LEED certification to achieve the NM Sustainable Building Tax Credit. The biggest challenge was the project being located in a rural setting with a general contractor that didn’t build green and a limited subcontractor base that had been building the same way for a long time.
Solutions:
Building a simple regionally appropriate design building out of ICF blocks with truss roofs (highly insulated envelope) with Variable Refrigerant Flow Heat Pump HVAC System and all ducts in conditioned space. The key to getting under a HERS of 60 was the heat pump water heaters. The only grass in the project was in the Tot Lot Playground otherwise only drought-tolerant noninvasive plants were used.
RESULTS:
Green House Gas Emission Reductions
• Carbon Dioxide (CO2) reduced by 3.8 tons/year
• Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) reduced by 6.9 lbs/yr
• Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) reduced by 17.2 lbs/yr
“I have been building green since I formed Tierra Reality Trust in 1997 and each year with each new project, we have tried to make each project greener than the previous. LEED is a natural extension of our company’s business ethic.”
– Stephen Crozier, President of Tierra Reality Trust
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